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hydrogel

noun

Etymology

From hydro- + gel.

  1. derived from *gel-✻
  2. derived from gelatus
  3. derived from gelatina
  4. derived from gélatine
  5. formed as hydrogel — “hydro- + gel”

Definitions

  1. A colloid gel in which water is the continuous phase

    A colloid gel in which water is the continuous phase; they have a number of medical and industrial applications.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for hydrogel. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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