expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (ePTFE)
(ekspan´did pol´ētet´r
-fl
r´ōeth´lēn),
n a stretched polymer of tetrafluoroethylene that allows passage of fluids but not cells; it is used as a nonabsorbable suture material and in guided tissue and bone regeneration as a nonresorbable membrane.
-flr´ōeth´lēn), n a stretched polymer of tetrafluoroethylene that allows passage of fluids but not cells; it is used as a nonabsorbable suture material and in guided tissue and bone regeneration as a nonresorbable membrane.
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