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polymersomes

polymersomes is the plural of polymersome.

Meaning of polymersome

Noun

polymersome (plural polymersomes)

  1. A polymer-based liposome.
    • Both the membrane bending and area expansion moduli of electroformed polymersomes (polymer-based liposomes) fell within the range of lipid membrane measurements, but the giant polymersomes proved to be almost an order of magnitude tougher and sustained far greater areal strain before rupture.1999 May 14, Bohdana M. Discher et al., “Polymersomes: Tough Vesicles Made from Diblock Copolymers”, in Science, volume 284, number 5417, →DOI, pages 1143–1146

Questions about polymersomes

What is polymersomes the plural of?
Polymersomes is the plural of polymersome.

Words near polymersomes in the dictionary

  1. polymerone
  2. polymerosomatous
  3. polymerous
  4. polymers
  5. polymersome
  6. polymersomes
  7. polymery
  8. polymeryl
  9. polymeryls
  10. polymesh
  11. polymeshes

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