biostable

From bio- +‎ stable.

biostable (comparative more biostable, superlative most biostable)

1. (pharmacy) Remaining chemically stable within the body
   • 2001, Polymeric Biomaterials, Revised and Expanded‎, →ISBN, page 545:

     Based on their behavior in living tissue, polymeric biomaterials can be divided into biostable, bioabsorbable (biodegradable or bioresorbable), and partially bioabsorbable materials.

   • 2003, Vasant V. Ranade, Drug Delivery Systems, Second Edition‎, →ISBN, page 84:

     In these cases, a high molecular weight, biostable polymeric carrier is preferred.

   • 2006, Kimberly S. Gehar, Nanophysics, Nanoclusters and Nanodevices‎, →ISBN, page 24:

     Here, we have focused the attention on PMMA because this polymer is considered a biostable polymer in biomedical applications.

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