COLLODION


Meaning of COLLODION in English

kəˈlōdēən noun

( -s )

Usage: often attributive

Etymology: modification of New Latin collodium, from Greek kollōdēs glutinous (from kolla glue + -eidēs -oid) + New Latin -ium — more at coll-

: a viscous solution of pyroxylin in a mixture of alcohol and ether or sometimes in some other solvent (as acetone) used chiefly as a coating for wounds and for photographic films and plates and as a membrane (as for dialysis)

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