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MeSH Heading: Hydrogel, Polyethylene Glycol Dimethacrylate
Tree Number(s): D02.033.455.250.700.485; D05.750.219.500; D05.750.741.485; D20.280.320.609.500; D25.720.532.500; D25.720.741.485; D26.255.165.320.375.375; J01.637.051.720.584.500; J01.637.051.720.741.485
Unique ID: D020136
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D020136
Scope Note: A network of cross-linked hydrophilic macromolecules used in biomedical applications fabricated by photopolymerization of polyethylene glycol dimethacrylate. Its general formulae is C3H5C(O)(OCH2CH2)nOC(O)C3H5 where n denotes a number of average polyglycol (OCH2CH2) repeats.
Entry Term(s): PEG-DMA Hydrogel; PEGDMA Hydrogel; Polyethylene Glycol Dimethacrylate Hydrogel
CAS Type 1 Name: Poly(oxy-1,2-ethanediyl),alpha-(2-methyl-1-oxo-2-propenyl)-omega-((2-methyl-1-oxo-2 propenyl)oxy)-
Previous Indexing: Polyethylene Glycols (1981-1998)
Public MeSH Note: 2018; was HYDROGEL 1998-2017; see under HYDROGEL (NM) 1981-1997
History Note: 2018(1998); was HYDROGEL 1998-2017; use under HYDROGEL (NM) 1981-1997
Entry Combination: analogs & derivatives:Hydrogels
Date Established: 1999/01/01
Date of Entry: 1998/06/10
Revision Date: 2019/06/25

Entry Combination: analogs & derivatives:Hydrogels
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Concept UI: M0029875
Scope Note: A network of cross-linked hydrophilic macromolecules used in biomedical applications fabricated by photopolymerization of polyethylene glycol dimethacrylate. Its general formulae is C3H5C(O)(OCH2CH2)nOC(O)C3H5 where n denotes a number of average polyglycol (OCH2CH2) repeats.
Terms: Hydrogel, Polyethylene Glycol Dimethacrylate Preferred Term
Term UI T000914999
Date01/31/2017
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2018); Polyethylene Glycol Dimethacrylate Hydrogel
Term UI T000914576
Date01/24/2017
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2018); PEGDMA Hydrogel
Term UI T000914577
Date01/24/2017
LexicalTag ABX
ThesaurusID NLM (2018); PEG-DMA Hydrogel
Term UI T000915003
Date01/31/2017
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2018)

Hydrogel, Polyethylene Glycol Dimethacrylate MeSH Descriptor Data 2025