polymer

A high-molecular weight compound consisting of repeated units. Includes: 1) polypeptide & proteins consisting of amino-acid repeats 2) higher order repeats a) F-actin from G-actin repeats b) microtubules from tubulin repeats 3) polynucleotides (DNA, RNA) consisting of nucleotide repeats 4) polysaccharides consisting of monosaccharide repeats 5) polystyrene from styrene repeats 6) rubber from isoprene repeats 7) polyvinyl chloride from vinyl choride

Specific

ethylene-vinyl acetate; poly(ethylene-vinyl acetate) nitrocellulose; cellulose nitrate patiromer (Veltassa) plastic polyacrylic acid; polyacrylate (Carbomer) polyamide (nylon) polybutadiene polycarbonate polyethylene polyethylene terephthalate; Dacron polylactic acid; poly(lactic acid) polymethyl methacrylate; poly(methyl methacrylate) (Acrylite, Plexiglass, Lucite) polynucleotide polyoxymethylene; polyacetal; polyformaldehyde polypropylene; polypropene polysaccharide (complex carbohydrate, glycan) polystyrene polysulfone polytetrafluoroethylene; Teflon polyurethane polyvinyl chloride (PVC) tolevamer

References

Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999.