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  • adjective That does not adhere

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non- +‎ adherent

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Examples

  • I'll also often throw in a little roll of flourescent 1 plastic nonadherent tape, to mark trails.

    Setting the perfect campsite 2010

  • I'll also often throw in a little roll of flourescent 1 plastic nonadherent tape, to mark trails.

    Setting the perfect campsite 2010

  • Eighteenth-century manuals of practice often classify woad and indigo among direct dyes because they require no mordant or assistants, but their chemistry demanded a dyeing process different from typical direct methods. 8 reference Modern descriptions classify them as leuco dyes, in which the normally insoluble and nonadherent coloring material is made soluble by the removal of oxygen, a reduction process.

    The Creation of Color in Eighteenth-Century Europe 2006

  • After 8 days, nonadherent cells were removed and adherent cells were detached with 0. 05% trypsin/0.53 mM EDTA and replated.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Shaomei Wang et al. 2010

  • "After being informed about CTC as a screening technique for colorectal cancer, the majority of currently nonadherent patients stated that they would be willing to have a CTC screening study, suggesting that CTC availability could improve screening rates," he said.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010

  • After 8 days, nonadherent cells were removed and adherent cells were detached with 0. 05% trypsin/0.53 mM EDTA and replated.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Shaomei Wang et al. 2010

  • "After being informed about CTC as a screening technique for colorectal cancer, the majority of currently nonadherent patients stated that they would be willing to have a CTC screening study, suggesting that CTC availability could improve screening rates," he said.

    RedOrbit News - Technology 2010

  • Fifteen patients who refused participation or were nonadherent to medications served as a comparison group.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009

  • The nonadherent cells were collected and less than 0. 5% of CD8

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Yo-Ping Lai et al. 2009

  • We read with interest the recent publication on adherence with statin therapy and all-cause mortality. 1 The authors reported an approximate 50% reduction of all-cause mortality in adherent statin users compared with nonadherent users.

    Archives of Internal Medicine current issue Andersohn, F., Willich, S. N. 2009

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