"Hydrogel" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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A network of cross-linked hydrophilic macromolecules used in biomedical applications fabricated by photopolymerization of polyethylene glycol dimethacrylate. Its general formulae is C3H5C(O)(OCH2CH2)nOC(O)C3H5 where n denotes a number of average polyglycol (OCH2CH2) repeats.
| Descriptor ID |
D020136
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.033.455.250.700.485 D05.750.741.485 D25.720.741.485 D26.255.165.320.375.375 J01.637.051.720.741.485
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| Concept/Terms |
Hydrogel, Polyethylene Glycol Dimethacrylate- Hydrogel, Polyethylene Glycol Dimethacrylate
- PEGDMA Hydrogel
- Hydrogel, PEGDMA
- PEGDMA Hydrogels
- Hydrogel
- PEG-DMA Hydrogel
- Hydrogel, PEG-DMA
- PEG DMA Hydrogel
- PEG-DMA Hydrogels
- Polyethylene Glycol Dimethacrylate Hydrogel
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