methyl cellulose

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noun Chemistry.

a grayish-white powder prepared from cellulose that swells to a highly viscous colloidal solution in water: used as a food additive and in water paints, leather tanning, and cosmetics.

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Origin of methyl cellulose

First recorded in 1920–25

Words nearby methyl cellulose

methylation, methylbenzene, methylbenzyl acetate, methyl bromide, methylcatechol, methyl cellulose, methyl chloride, methyl chloroform, methyl chloroformate, methylcyclohexanol, methyldopa

How to use methyl cellulose in a sentence

Although the gene itself stays unchanged, chemicals called methyl groups alter how that gene works.
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This process, known as epigenetics, involves the addition of small chemical tags known as methyl groups to the DNA double helix.
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Just add methyl cellulose, a thickener that can withstand high temperatures.
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Those stains which are dissolved in methyl-alcohol combine fixation with the staining process.
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In brief, film is a cellulose base coated with silver bromide and gelatine.
The Wonder Book of Knowledge|Various
If we were using a plate the only difference would be that instead of cellulose as a base we would have a sheet of glass.
The Wonder Book of Knowledge|Various
Czapek says: "The well-known methyl pentoses do not occur in the free state in plant organisms so far as we know."
Some Constituents of the Poison Ivy Plant: (Rhus Toxicodendron)|William Anderson Syme
Methyl furfurol was found here also, this method indeed giving better results than that of Maquenne.
Some Constituents of the Poison Ivy Plant: (Rhus Toxicodendron)|William Anderson Syme

Medical definitions for methyl cellulose

methylcellulose

[ mĕth′əl-sĕl′yə-lōs′, -lōz′ ]

A powdery substance that swells in water to form a gel, is prepared by the methylation of natural cellulose, and is used as a food additive, a bulk-forming laxative, an emulsifier, and a thickener.