(organic chemistry) (C5H8)x The basis of natural rubber, balata, gutta-percha, and other rubberlike materials; can also be made synthetically; the stereospecific forms are cis-1,4- and trans-1,4-polyisoprene; the polymer is thermoplastic.
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