"polylactic acid" meaning in English

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          "text": "1997, Tomas Ayala-Silva, Safaa Al-Hamdani, Physiological Responses of Azolla caroliniana Willd. to Polylactic Acid, in Journal of the Alabama Academy of Science, Volume 68, Alabama Academy of Science, Auburn University Printing Service, page 281,\nAfter Azolla was grown for ten days in media containing different polylactic acid concentrations, the greatest significant growth increase of 41.4% was obtained on a concentration of 1 μg/l followed by a 34.5% dry weight increase at 0.1 μg/l (Table 1)."
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          "text": "2012, Yu Jianxiang, Liu Taiqi, Preparation and Testing of Polylactic acid Ultra Thin Fiber Membrane as the Sustained Release Material, Liancheng Zhao, Haowei Wang, Changfa Xiao (editors), Materials Processing Technology II, Part 1, [Volumes 538-541 of Advanced Materials Research], Trans Tech Publications, page 71,\nThe results showed that the drug-loaded polylactic acid membrane contained microfiber in a range of 1μm-8μm in diameter, the distribution of polylactic acid fiber diameter was affected by molecular weight of polylactic acid, concentration of polylactic acid, quantity of loaded drug and spinning parameters such as voltage."
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        "(organic chemistry) A biodegradable thermoplastic made by polymerization of lactic acid residues."
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