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prolene

prolene is the misconstruction of Prolene.

Proper noun capitalized: Prolene

Prolene

  1. A brand of synthetic polypropylene, used as a monofilament nonabsorbable suture, in meshes, and in casts.

Origin of prolene

A trade name, contrived by the product developers and marketers.

Questions about prolene

What does prolene mean?
Prolene means a brand of synthetic polypropylene, used as a monofilament nonabsorbable suture, in meshes, and in casts.
What is prolene the misconstruction of?
Prolene is the misconstruction of Prolene.
What part of speech is prolene?
Prolene is a proper noun.

Words near prolene in the dictionary

  1. prolegomenary
  2. prolegomenon
  3. prolegomenous
  4. prolegomenously
  5. prolegs
  6. prolene
  7. proleniency
  8. prolentiviral
  9. prolepses
  10. prolepsis
  11. proleptic

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Adapted from Wiktionary: prolene (page history and authors); Prolene (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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