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COLLODION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does collodion mean?
• COLLODION (noun)
The noun COLLODION has 1 sense:
1. a colorless syrupy solution of pyroxylin in ether and alcohol; used as a coating for wounds or photographic films
Familiarity information: COLLODION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A colorless syrupy solution of pyroxylin in ether and alcohol; used as a coating for wounds or photographic films
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("collodion" is a kind of...):
solution (a homogeneous mixture of two or more substances; frequently (but not necessarily) a liquid solution)
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