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Organic Chemicals > Nitriles > Cyanoacrylates
Organic Chemicals > Carboxylic Acids > Acids, Acyclic > Acrylates > Cyanoacrylates
Chemical Actions and Uses > Specialty Uses of Chemicals > Biomedical and Dental Materials > Polymers > Cyanoacrylates
Technology, Industry, and Agriculture > Manufactured Materials > Biomedical and Dental Materials > Polymers > Cyanoacrylates
Macromolecular Substances > Polymers > Cyanoacrylates
Chemical Actions and Uses > Specialty Uses of Chemicals > Biomedical and Dental Materials > Tissue Adhesives > Cyanoacrylates
Technology, Industry, and Agriculture > Manufactured Materials > Biomedical and Dental Materials > Tissue Adhesives > Cyanoacrylates
Equipment and Supplies > Surgical Equipment > Surgical Fixation Devices > Tissue Adhesives > Cyanoacrylates

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Cyanoacrylates  

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Scope note

  • A group of compounds having the general formula CH2=C(CN)-COOR; it polymerizes on contact with moisture; used as tissue adhesive; higher homologs have hemostatic and antibacterial properties.

History note

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D003487

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