(1) The relative resistance of S. epidermidis implant-associated infections to antibiotic therapy has been ascribed to a protective function of the gluelike biofilm matrix produced by strains of S. epidermidis in contact with artificial surfaces.
Gluey
Definition:
(a.) Viscous; glutinous; of the nature of, or like, glue.
Example Sentences:
(1) The formation of aldolization products or polymers and of gluey flavour compounds modified the character of flavour and confused less experienced judges.
(2) It has a metallic, pungently sweaty kick to it, as if someone has absorbed the fluids of a gym changing-room floor into a lump of gluey cheese-like matter.
(3) It does the same to most of the gluey, plastic, molten-cheese-smeared, iceberg-lettuce-bedded monstrosities that pass for Tex Mex in the US as well.
(4) And indeed, Pavid and I were still pretty close friends – we sat next to each other in class, and he would show me his gluey hands, and I would repeat jokes from 'Allo 'Allo, pretending that I'd made them up myself.
(5) Singing it can sometimes feel like wallowing in a world of gluey nostalgia.
(6) It only softens up again with prolonged cooking at low temperatures, which breaks down the collagen and gives the succulent, almost gluey, soft texture common to stews and braised dishes.
(7) Deeply tanned and well-seasoned, it has a lovely savoury edge to it but it is a shade too thick and, consequently, a bit undercooked and gluey directly beneath that crisp outer shell.
(8) In an area larger than a football pitch, 40,000 cubic metres of gluey, hard-packed clay has had to be removed with diggers in order to access the bodies.