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porogen

porogen noun: any of a mass of particles, of a specified shape and size, used to make pores in moulded structures used for tissue engineering (they are dissolved away after the structure has set).

Noun

porogen (plural porogens)

  1. Any of a mass of particles, of a specified shape and size, used to make pores in moulded structures used for tissue engineering (they are dissolved away after the structure has set)

Forms of porogen

pluralporogens

Origin of porogen

From poro- + -gen.

Questions about porogen

What does porogen mean?
Porogen means any of a mass of particles, of a specified shape and size, used to make pores in moulded structures used for tissue engineering (they are dissolved away after the structure has set).
What part of speech is porogen?
Porogen is a noun.
What is the plural of porogen?
The plural of porogen is porogens.

Words near porogen in the dictionary

  1. porogam
  2. porogamic
  3. porogamous
  4. porogams
  5. porogamy
  6. porogen
  7. porogenic
  8. porogens
  9. porohyperelastic
  10. porohyperelasticity
  11. poroid

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