Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A derivative of cellulose whose sodium salt is used in the manufacture of processed foods as a stabilizing and emulsifying agent, in drugs to add viscosity and lubrication, and in sizing paper and textiles.
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- noun organic chemistry The product of the reaction of
cellulose withchloroacetic acid ; it is used as athickener and tostabilize emulsions
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Examples
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As though I could not feel the lanolin, carboxymethylcellulose, humectants, hydrolyzed proteins being injected into his arteries while the blood was drained from his heart.
The Adults Alison Espach 2011
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As though I could not feel the lanolin, carboxymethylcellulose, humectants, hydrolyzed proteins being injected into his arteries while the blood was drained from his heart.
The Adults Alison Espach 2011
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Scanning electron microscopic examination of bacterial immobilisation in a carboxymethylcellulose (Aquacel) and alginate dressings.
New In Vitro Study Data Shows Importance of Dressing Conformability to Action of... 2010
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VIVITROL is contraindicated in patients with acute hepatitis or liver failure, patients receiving opioid analgesics, patients with current physiologic opioid dependence, patients in acute opioid withdrawal, any individual who has failed the naloxone challenge test or has a positive urine screen for opioids, and in patients who have previously exhibited hypersensitivity to naltrexone, polylactide-co-glycolide PLG, carboxymethylcellulose or any other components of the diluent.
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Inside was a vial containing water, gelatin and sodium carboxymethylcellulose.
News 2012
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Inside was a vial containing water, gelatin and sodium carboxymethylcellulose.
News 2012
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Inside was a vial containing water, gelatin and sodium carboxymethylcellulose.
News 2012
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Scanning electron microscopic examination of bacterial immobilisation in a carboxymethylcellulose (Aquacel) and alginate dressings.
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Scanning electron microscopic examination of bacterial immobilisation in a carboxymethylcellulose (Aquacel) and alginate dressings.
Forbes.com: News 2010
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Scanning electron microscopic examination of bacterial immobilisation in a carboxymethylcellulose (Aquacel) and alginate dressings.
Forbes.com: News 2010
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