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hollowfiber en · ADJ

Etymology

From hollow + fiber.

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative, not-comparable) Alternative form of hollowfibre.
    • They used a polyvinylidenefluoride (PVDF) hollowfiber (HF) membrane module, realized at KRICT (Korea) for treating a gas mixture made of 11 vol% CO2 and 89 vol% N2 with an absorbent stream containing 0.34 M triethanolamine (TEA). 2015, Anil K. Pabby, Syed S.H. Rizvi, Ana Maria Sastre Requena, Handbook of Membrane Separations, →ISBN, page 773:
    • Generally, however, for older children and adults, a new circuit with a hollowfiber membrane is used, which takes a little time to deair and can be established within 15 minutes. 2015, Frank Sellke, Pedro J. del Nido, Scott J. Swanson, Sabiston and Spencer Surgery of the Chest, →ISBN:
    • Virtually all of the commercial dialyzers available in the United States are hollowfiber dialyzers. 2015, Karl Skorecki, Glenn M. Chertow, Philip A. Marsden, Brenner and Rector's The Kidney, →ISBN:

hollowfiber en · NOUN

Etymology

From hollow + fiber.

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable) Alternative form of hollowfibre.

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