surfactant
IPA: sɝfˈæktʌnt
noun
- (chemistry) A surface-active agent, or wetting agent, capable of reducing the surface tension of a liquid; typically organic compounds having a hydrophilic “head” and a hydrophobic “tail”.
- (biochemistry) A lipoprotein in the tissues of the lung that reduces surface tension and permits more efficient gas transport.
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Examples of "surfactant" in Sentences
- A surfactant may also be employed.
- As to the PC as a lung surfactant . . .
- This speeds the production of surfactant.
- It is a widely used industrial surfactant.
- The surfactant improves adhesion of the top coat.
- CMC is an important characteristic of a surfactant.
- The formed agglomerate is sprayed with a nonionic surfactant.
- Synthetic surfactant is used to help immature lungs rest and heal.
- The surfactant helps the herbicide penetrate the plant cells more easily.
- The surfactant slug contains a sulfonate surfactant and an alkaline agent.
- The epoxy resin reacts with residual surfactants in the copolymer on heating.
- They are encased in water using a surfactant, which is similar to soap, and then spun in a centrifuge.
- Dr. Avery ultimately identified a mix of fat and proteins in the lungs that came to be called surfactant.
- Thanks to the March of Dimes, a substance called surfactant had been developed that helped a premature baby's undeveloped lungs work.
- Your baby’s lungs mature, too, and begin to produce a substance called surfactant, which helps the tiny alveoli air sacs stay inflated after birth.
- Doctors had to give Cowan an emergency C-section and put the infant on a breathing tube, using a method called surfactant therapy, to allow Sara to breathe.
- One educational way to employ a magnet to use it to purify water that has been contaminated with a surfactant, which is a material that can lower the surface tension in water.
- = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Oxycyte oxygen carrier is a perfluorocarbon emulsified with water and a surfactant, which is provided to the patient intravenously.
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