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RESIN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of a class of solid or semisolid viscous substances obtained either as exudations from certain plants or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("resin" is a kind of...):
organic compound (any compound of carbon and another element or a radical)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "resin"):
East India kino; kino gum; Malabar kino (reddish or black juice or resin from certain trees of the genus Pterocarpus and used in medicine and tanning etc)
natural resin (a plant exudate)
synthetic resin (a resin having a polymeric structure; especially a resin in the raw state; used chiefly in plastics)
Derivation:
resinate (impregnate with resin to give a special flavor to)
resinous; resiny (having the characteristics of pitch or tar)
Context examples:
A solution of water soluble glycols and resins that provide a specimen support matrix for cryostat sectioning at temperatures of -10 degrees C and below.
(Optimal Cutting Temperature Compound, NCI Thesaurus)
Heterogeneous materials comprised of nanoparticles and plastic resin to provide added strength and desirable thermal attributes.
(Nanocomposite, NCI Thesaurus)
An oily resin extracted from several species of Commiphora trees.
(Myrrh Oil, NCI Thesaurus)
He added that the dinosaur likely was still filled with fluid when it was trapped in the resin that eventually became amber.
(Dinosaur Tail Found in Myanmar, VOA News)
A resinous film-forming agent dissolved in a solvent or a calcium hydroxide suspension within a synthetic resin solution, which rapidly hardens into a firm mass upon administration.
(Dental Liner Dosage Form, NCI Thesaurus)
The oily resin obtained from the rhizomes of Ferula species, especially Ferula asafoetida.
(Asafetida Oil, NCI Thesaurus)
An anion exchange resin with hypolipidemic activity.
(Cholestyramine, NCI Thesaurus)
A positively charged, non-digestible, triamine and epoxypropane copolymer anion-exchange resin that binds to bile acids in the intestine to form an insoluble complex, which is excreted in the feces.
(Colestipol, NCI Thesaurus)
The resins contained in microplastics are able to attract pollutants, especially poisonous organic compounds.
(Microplastic pollution adds to oceans’ problems, scidev.net)
This substance is used to treat certain skin diseases, especially psoriasis, and is used in the synthesis of dyes, drugs, explosives, flavorings, perfumes, preservatives, synthetic resins, paints and stains.
(Coal Tar, NCI Thesaurus)
