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Gels

Medical Definition: Colloids with a solid continuous phase and liquid as the dispersed phase; gels may be unstable when, due to temperature or other cause, the solid phase liquifies; the resulting colloid is called a sol.
Guide Notes: IM for general only, qualif permitted; NIM (no qualif) with specific drug IM (with qualif)
Gels Categories.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Hydrogels - Water swollen, rigid, 3-dimensional network of cross-linked, hydrophilic macromolecules, 20-95% water. They are used in paints, printing inks, foodstuffs, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics. (Grant & Hackh's Chemical Dictionary, 5th ed)

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