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biostable

biostable adjective: remaining chemically stable within the body.

Adjective

biostable (comparative more biostable, superlative most biostable)

  1. (pharmacy) Remaining chemically stable within the body
    • Based on their behavior in living tissue, polymeric biomaterials can be divided into biostable, bioabsorbable (biodegradable or bioresorbable), and partially bioabsorbable materials.2001, Polymeric Biomaterials, Revised and Expanded, →ISBN, page 545
    • In these cases, a high molecular weight, biostable polymeric carrier is preferred.2003, Vasant V. Ranade, Drug Delivery Systems, Second Edition, →ISBN, page 84

Forms of biostable

comparativemore biostable
superlativemost biostable

Origin of biostable

From bio- + stable.

Questions about biostable

What does biostable mean?
Biostable means remaining chemically stable within the body.
What part of speech is biostable?
Biostable is an adjective.

Words near biostable in the dictionary

  1. biostabilities
  2. biostability
  3. biostabilization
  4. biostabilizations
  5. biostabilizing
  6. biostable
  7. biostasis
  8. biostat
  9. biostatic
  10. biostatical
  11. biostatically

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