amphoteric

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  1. adjective Having the characteristics of an acid and a base and capable of reacting chemically either as an acid or a base.

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  • Mild cleansing compositions - Mild cleansing compositions comprising anionic, nonionic and / or amphoteric surfactants, one or more dyes having a total color, and one or more encapsulated dyes, including microencapsulated dyes, in microcapsules prepared by coacervation, precipitation, polycondensation or other reaction of anionic and cationic components, which encapsulated dyes have a total color different from ... —  FreshPatents.com: Notable Patent Applications - 05/07/2009
  • It is the product of an amphoteric and intercalatory interchange of -- " —  Amusements in Mathematics
  • Aim of this work is the development and testing of novel amphoteric nanosized poly (amidoamine) hydrogel film incorporating 4-aminobutylguanidine (agmatine) moieties to create RGD-mimicking repeating units for promoting cell adhesion. —  BioMed Central - Latest articles
  • A systematic comparative study of the response of an epithelial cell line was performed on hydrogels with agmatine and on non-functionalized amphoteric poly (amidoamine) hydrogels and tissue culture plastic substrates. —  BioMed Central - Latest articles
  • Surfactants, the active ingredients in wetter-spreader adjuvant, are further categorized as non-ionic, cationic, anionic, or amphoteric surfactants. —  Western Farm Press RSS Feed
 

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  1. From Greek amphoteros, each of two, from amphō, both.

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  1. from Greek ἀμφότερος, usually in plural,ἀμφότεροι, both of two (Latin uterque), a comparative form of ἄμφω = Latin ambo, both: see ambi-.
 

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