POLYETHYLENE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does polyethylene mean? 

• POLYETHYLENE (noun)
  The noun POLYETHYLENE has 1 sense:

1. a lightweight thermoplastic; used especially in packaging and insulation

  Familiarity information: POLYETHYLENE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• POLYETHYLENE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A lightweight thermoplastic; used especially in packaging and insulation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

polyethylene; polythene

Hypernyms ("polyethylene" is a kind of...):

synthetic resin (a resin having a polymeric structure; especially a resin in the raw state; used chiefly in plastics)

 Context examples 

A formulation of polyethylene glycol (PEG)-encapsulated irinotecan with antineoplastic activity.

(Pegylated Irinotecan, NCI Thesaurus)

A covalent conjugate of recombinant interferon alpha and polyethylene glycol (PEG), used as an antiviral and antineoplastic agent.

(Pegylated Interferon Alfa, NCI Thesaurus)

A covalent conjugate of recombinant interferon alfa, subtype 2a, and polyethylene glycol (PEG), used as an antiviral and antineoplastic agent.

(Peginterferon alfa-2a, NCI Thesaurus)

Also called PEG-rhMGDF and polyethylene glycosylated recombinant human megakaryocyte growth and development factor.

(PEG-MGDF, NCI Dictionary)

A Fab fragment of a recombinant, humanized monoclonal antibody directed against the proinflammatory cytokine tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) and conjugated to polyethylene glycol (PEG), with anti-inflammatory activity.

(Certolizumab Pegol, NCI Thesaurus)

Conjugation of the cytokine with a branched polyethylene glycol molecule (pegylation) significantly increases its therapeutic half-life.

(Pegfilgrastim, NCI Thesaurus)

A complex of polyethylene glycol conjugated with L-asparaginase.

(Pegaspargase, NCI Thesaurus)

The sodium salt form of pegaptanib, a 28-mer RNA aptamer covalently linked to two branched 20-kD polyethylene glycol (PEG) chains, with anti-angiogenic activity.

(Pegaptanib Sodium, NCI Thesaurus)

A long-acting formulation of recombinant interferon alpha subtype 2b (IFN-a2b) protein, in which IFN-a2b is coupled, via proline, to polyethylene glycol (PEG), with antiviral, immunomodulating and antineoplastic activities.

(PEG-Proline-Interferon Alfa-2b, NCI Thesaurus)

Also called PEG-MGDF and polyethylene glycosylated recombinant human megakaryocyte growth and development factor.

(PEG-rhMGDF, NCI Dictionary)