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PROPYLENE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does propylene mean?
• PROPYLENE (noun)
The noun PROPYLENE has 1 sense:
1. a flammable gas obtained by cracking petroleum; used in organic synthesis
Familiarity information: PROPYLENE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A flammable gas obtained by cracking petroleum; used in organic synthesis
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
propene; propylene
Hypernyms ("propylene" is a kind of...):
gas (a fluid in the gaseous state having neither independent shape nor volume and being able to expand indefinitely)
Context examples
The propylene glycol form of cefatrizine, a semi-synthetic, first-generation cephalosporin with strong activity against gram-positive cocci except enterococci.
(Cefatrizine Propylene Glycolate, NCI Thesaurus)
A synthetic, brick-red crystalline solid that is only slightly soluble in cold water and ethanol but is soluble in boiling water, acetic acid, glycerol, ethylene glycol and propylene glycol.
(Phenazopyridine Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)
A propylene glycol-free intravenous formulation containing the hydrochloride salt of the nitrogen mustard phenylalanine derivative melphalan complexed with polyanionic sulfobutyl ether beta-cyclodextrin (SBE-CD) with potential antineoplastic activity.
(Melphalan Hydrochloride/Sulfobutyl Ether Beta-Cyclodextrin Complex, NCI Thesaurus)
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