polyethylene glycol
noun
: any of a series of polymers H(OCH2CH2)nOH where n is greater than three that vary from viscous liquids to waxy solids and are used especially as lubricants and in medical and biotechnological applications —abbreviation PEG
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Plus, this product does not contain formaldehyde, sulfates, parabens, animal oil, DEA/MEA/TEA, mercury, or polyethylene glycol. 
Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune, 3 June 2022 To combat the baldness-causing condition, scientists coated cerium nanoparticles in a biodegradable polyethylene glycol-lipid compound. Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 28 Dec. 2021 Vaccine skeptics claim the shots contain polyethylene glycol, an active ingredient in antifreeze. Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al, 4 Nov. 2021 Previously suffered a severe allergic reaction to receiving polyethylene glycol or products containing that. Mike Cason | Mcason@al.com, al, 5 Nov. 2021 One ingredient – polyethylene glycol or PEG – has been hypothesized to be the cause of severe post vaccination allergic reactions. Asha C. Gilbert, USA TODAY, 8 Nov. 2021 Such allergies are possible — a small number of people are allergic to polyethylene glycol, which is in the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines — but extremely rare. New York Times, 8 Nov. 2021 After that, water that saturated the wood will be replaced with a treatment of polyethylene glycol, to prevent further degradation, according to Skibo. Noah Sheidlower And Justin Lear, CNN, 5 Nov. 2021 None of the allergy tests Charlot has done for polyethylene glycol or polysorbate 80 has come back positive. Erika Edwards, NBC News, 5 Apr. 2021 See More
Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune, 3 June 2022 To combat the baldness-causing condition, scientists coated cerium nanoparticles in a biodegradable polyethylene glycol-lipid compound. Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 28 Dec. 2021 Vaccine skeptics claim the shots contain polyethylene glycol, an active ingredient in antifreeze. Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al, 4 Nov. 2021 Previously suffered a severe allergic reaction to receiving polyethylene glycol or products containing that. Mike Cason | Mcason@al.com, al, 5 Nov. 2021 One ingredient – polyethylene glycol or PEG – has been hypothesized to be the cause of severe post vaccination allergic reactions. Asha C. Gilbert, USA TODAY, 8 Nov. 2021 Such allergies are possible — a small number of people are allergic to polyethylene glycol, which is in the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines — but extremely rare. New York Times, 8 Nov. 2021 After that, water that saturated the wood will be replaced with a treatment of polyethylene glycol, to prevent further degradation, according to Skibo. Noah Sheidlower And Justin Lear, CNN, 5 Nov. 2021 None of the allergy tests Charlot has done for polyethylene glycol or polysorbate 80 has come back positive. Erika Edwards, NBC News, 5 Apr. 2021 See More Word History
First Known Use
1886, in the meaning defined above
Medical Definition
polyethylene glycol
noun
: any of a series of polymers H(OCH2CH2)nOH where n is greater than three that vary from viscous liquids to white solids and are used in medicine especially as laxatives and as bases for pharmaceutical ointments and cosmetic creams —abbreviation PEG
Note: The covalent attachment of polyethylene glycol chains to biomolecules (see pegylation) is used especially to improve the bioavailability, solubility, and stability of therapeutic agents and to reduce their immunogenicity.