polyvinyl alcohol
101PVA tape — a tape made of polyvinyl alcohol used to tie rig sections together when casting in angling. The PVA dissolves and allows the rig sections to unfold and function …
102Embolization — A treatment that clogs small blood vessels and blocks the flow of blood, such as to a tumor. * * * 1. The formation and release of an embolus into the circulation. 2. Therapeutic introduction of various substances into the circulation to occlude… …
103Chemically defined medium — A chemically defined medium is a growth medium suitable for the in vitro cell culture of human or animal cells in which all of the chemical components are known. The term chemically defined medium was defined by Jayme and Smith (2000) as a Basal… …
104MakerBot Industries — MakerBot founders (left to right) Adam Mayer, Zach Smith and Bre Pettis with the final MakerBot Cupcake prototypes Industry Open source hardware, 3D printing Founded …
105Silver nanoparticles — Part of a series of articles on Nanomaterials Fullerenes …
106Network of Excellence for Functional Biomaterials (NFB) — The Network of Excellence for Functional Biomaterials (NFB) is a multidisciplinary research center which hosts over sixty biologists, chemists, scientists, engineers, and clinicians based at the National University of Ireland, Galway. NFB… …
107Optimal cutting temperature compound — (OCT) is used to embed tissue samples prior to frozen sectioning on a microtome cryostat. This process is undertaken so as to mount slices (sections) of a sample onto slides for analysis. Contents 1 Components 2 See also 3 References …
108PVA — An abbreviation for polyvinyl alcohol. PVA is a thick white liquid which dries to a tough clear plastic skin. It is an adhesive and may also be used diluted with water as a release agent or sealant …
109embolization — therapeutic embolization; n. the introduction of embolic material to reduce or completely obstruct blood flow in such conditions as congenital arteriovenous malformations (see angioma), angiodysplasia, malignant tumours, or arterial rupture.… …
110Formvar — ˈfȯrmˌvär trademark used for various thermoplastic resins that are formals of polyvinyl alcohol and are used especially in coatings, adhesives, and molding materials …
