polytetrafluoroethylene

Preferred Label : polytetrafluoroethylene;

MeSH definition : Homopolymer of tetrafluoroethylene. Nonflammable, tough, inert plastic tubing or sheeting; used to line vessels, insulate, protect or lubricate apparatus; also as filter, coating for surgical implants or as prosthetic material. Synonyms: Fluoroflex; Fluoroplast; Ftoroplast; Halon; Polyfene; PTFE; Tetron.;

MeSH synonym : tfe; polytef; politef; ptfe; fep;

MeSH hyponym : teflon; tarflen; expanded PTFE; fluon; fluoroplast; PTFE, Expanded;

Related MeSH term : GORE-TEX; GORE TEX; Goretex;

MeSH CAS label : ethene, tetrafluoro-, homopolymer;

Registry Number MeSH : 9002-84-0;

MeSH annotation : a fluorocarbon polymer; D25-26 qualif;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polytetrafluoroethylene;

Is substance : O;

Details

Origin ID

D011138;

UMLS CUI

C0032611;

Allowable qualifiers
- administration and dosage [MeSH Qualifier]
- adverse effects [MeSH Qualifier]
- analogs and derivatives [MeSH Qualifier]
- analysis [MeSH Qualifier]
- chemical synthesis [MeSH Qualifier]
- chemistry [MeSH Qualifier]
- classification [MeSH Qualifier]
- contraindications [MeSH Qualifier]
- economics [MeSH Qualifier]
- history [MeSH Qualifier]
- isolation and purification [MeSH Qualifier]
- metabolism [MeSH Qualifier]
- pharmacokinetics [MeSH Qualifier]
- pharmacology [MeSH Qualifier]
- poisoning [MeSH Qualifier]
- radiation effects [MeSH Qualifier]
- standards [MeSH Qualifier]
- supply and distribution [MeSH Qualifier]
- therapeutic use [MeSH Qualifier]
- toxicity [MeSH Qualifier]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Polytetrafluoroethylene [ICD-11 Extension code]
- Polytetrafluoroethylene [NCIt concept]
- Polytetrafluoroethylene (substance) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Polytetrafluoroethylene poisoning (disorder) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Tetrafluoroethylene [NCIt concept]
- Turbo Field Echo MRI [NCIt concept]
- paratetrafluoroethylene [SNOMED Notion]
CISMeF manual mappings
- polytetrafluoroethylene [Substance BNPC]
False automatic mappings
- Episodic pain syndrome, familial, 1 [OMIM Phenotype]
Record concept(s)
- GORE-TEX [MeSH concept]
- expanded PTFE [MeSH concept]
- fluon [MeSH concept]
- fluoroplast [MeSH concept]
- polytetrafluoroethylene [MeSH concept]
- tarflen [MeSH concept]
- teflon [MeSH concept]
Related MeSH Supplementary Concept(s)
- Tutoplast [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- fluorinated ethylene propylene [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- impra [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- mycro mesh [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- poly(ethylene-tetrafluoroethylene) [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- polytetrafluoroethylene-silicone [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Biomedical or Dental Material [UMLS semantic type]
- Organic Chemical [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Polytetrafluoroethylene [NCIt concept]
- Polytetrafluoroethylene (substance) [SNOMED CT concept]
- paratetrafluoroethylene [SNOMED Notion]
- polytetrafluoroethylene [Substance BNPC]

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