noun.
A highly flammable, colorless or yellowish syrupy solution of nitrocellulose, ether, and alcohol, used as an adhesive to close small wounds and hold surgical dressings, in topical medications, and for making photographic plates.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
A substance prepared by dissolving pyroxylin or guncotton in ether, or in a mixture of ether and alcohol.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
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.
noun.
a process in which a film of sensitized collodion is used in preparing the plate for taking a picture.
noun.
collodion containing an astringent, as tannin.
noun.
a syrupysolution of pyroxylin in alcohol and ether that evaporates on a surface to form a clearelasticfilm; used in surgicaldressings, photographic plates and lacquerpaints
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noun.
a colorless syrupy solution of pyroxylin in ether and alcohol; used as a coating for wounds or photographic films
Word Usage
"The collodion is dried with a small air compressor."