biostable
English
Etymology
From bio- + stable.
Adjective
biostable (comparative more biostable, superlative most biostable)
- (pharmacy) Remaining chemically stable within the body
- 2001, Polymeric Biomaterials, Revised and Expanded, →ISBN, page 545:
- Based on their behavior in living tissue, polymeric biomaterials can be divided into biostable, bioabsorbable (biodegradable or bioresorbable), and partially bioabsorbable materials.
- 2003, Vasant V. Ranade, Drug Delivery Systems, Second Edition, →ISBN, page 84:
- In these cases, a high molecular weight, biostable polymeric carrier is preferred.
- 2006, Kimberly S. Gehar, Nanophysics, Nanoclusters and Nanodevices, →ISBN, page 24:
- Here, we have focused the attention on PMMA because this polymer is considered a biostable polymer in biomedical applications.
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Anagrams
- bilobates