Lexic.us

Definition of Collodion

1. Noun. A colorless syrupy solution of pyroxylin in ether and alcohol; used as a coating for wounds or photographic films.

Definition of Collodion

1. n. A solution of pyroxylin (soluble gun cotton) in ether containing a varying proportion of alcohol. It is strongly adhesive, and is used by surgeons as a coating for wounds; but its chief application is as a vehicle for the sensitive film in photography.

Definition of Collodion

1. Noun. a syrupy solution of pyroxylin in alcohol and ether that evaporates on a surface to form a clear elastic film; used in surgical dressings, photographic plates and lacquer paints ¹

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Definition of Collodion

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Collodion

1. A nitrocellulose solution in ether and alcohol. Collodion has a wide range of uses in industry including applications in the manufacuture of photographic film, in fibres, in lacquers, and in engraving and lithography. In medicine it is used as a drug solvent and a wound sealant. Pharmacological action: pharmaceutic aid, tissue adhesives. Chemical name: Cellulose, nitrate (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Collodion

Literary usage of Collodion

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science by Indiana Academy of Science (1922)
"The outside of this tube is coated with several layers of collodion and the gelatin ... The method of preparing collodion sacs as carried out by the Pasteur ..."

2. American Druggist (1884)
"collodion Combinations.* THE advantages of combinations of collodion are that, ... collodion must retard the action more or less of all of them, ..."

3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"The quality of collodion differs «cording to the proportions of alcohol and ether and ... collodion in which there is a great excess of ether gives by its ..."

4. The Journal of General Physiology by Society of General Physiologists, Rockefeller Institute, Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (1920)
"I. In this note it is intended to complete the proof that the influence of the concentration of electrolytes on the transport of water through a collodion ..."

5. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1891)
"Employment of collodion has no inconveniences nor dangers, and the author thinks that it not only holds the relaxed membrana in proper position, ..."

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