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Hydrophobic light-activated adhesive, the Glossary

Hydrophobic light-activated adhesive (HLAA) is a type of glue that sets in seconds, but only after exposure to ultraviolet light.^[1]

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Adhesive

Adhesive, also known as glue, cement, mucilage, or paste, is any non-metallic substance applied to one or both surfaces of two separate items that binds them together and resists their separation. Hydrophobic light-activated adhesive and Adhesive are Adhesives.

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Antihemorrhagic

An antihemorrhagic (antihaemorrhagic) agent are a substance that promotes hemostasis (stops bleeding).

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Boston Children's Hospital

Boston Children's Hospital (formerly known as Children's Hospital Boston until 2013) is the main pediatric program of Harvard Medical School, Harvard University.

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Brigham and Women's Hospital

Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH or The Brigham) is the second largest teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School and the largest hospital in the Longwood Medical Area in Boston, Massachusetts.

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Cardiac muscle

Cardiac muscle (also called heart muscle or myocardium) is one of three types of vertebrate muscle tissues, with the other two being skeletal muscle and smooth muscle.

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Chemical reaction

A chemical reaction is a process that leads to the chemical transformation of one set of chemical substances to another.

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Collagen

Collagen is the main structural protein in the extracellular matrix of a body's various connective tissues.

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Harvard University

Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private land-grant research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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Phragmatopoma californica

Phragmatopoma californica, commonly known as the sandcastle worm, the honeycomb worm or the honeycomb tube worm, is a reef-forming marine polychaete worm belonging to the family Sabellarididae.

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Polymer

A polymer is a substance or material consisting of very large molecules linked together into chains of repeating subunits.

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Protein

Proteins are large biomolecules and macromolecules that comprise one or more long chains of amino acid residues.

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Slug

Slug, or land slug, is a common name for any apparently shell-less terrestrial gastropod mollusc.

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Staple (fastener)

A staple is a type of two-pronged fastener, usually metal, used for joining, gathering, or binding materials together.

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Surgical suture

A surgical suture, also known as a stitch or stitches, is a medical device used to hold body tissues together and approximate wound edges after an injury or surgery.

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Ultraviolet

Ultraviolet (UV) light is electromagnetic radiation of wavelengths of 10–400 nanometers, shorter than that of visible light, but longer than X-rays.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrophobic_light-activated_adhesive