collodion
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a yellowish, viscous, highly flammable solution of pyroxylin in ether and alcohol: used in the manufacture of photographic film, in engraving and lithography, and in medicine chiefly for cementing dressings and sealing wounds.
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collodion or collodium (kəˈləʊdɪən, kəˈləʊdɪəm) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| a colourless or yellow syrupy liquid that consists of a solution of pyroxylin in ether and alcohol: used in medicine and in the manufacture of photographic plates, lacquers, etc | |
| [C19: from New Latin collōdium, from Greek kollōdēs glutinous, from kolla glue] | |
| collodium or collodium | |
| —n | |
| [C19: from New Latin collōdium, from Greek kollōdēs glutinous, from kolla glue] | |
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Collodion
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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collodion col·lo·di·on (kə-lō'dē-ən)
n.
A highly flammable, colorless or yellowish syrupy solution of pyroxylin, ether, and alcohol, used as an adhesive to close small wounds and hold surgical dressings, in topical medications, and for making photographic plates.
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Example sentences from the web
This became known as the wet plate collodion or wet collodion method.
Collodion is used in the cleaning of optics such as telescope mirrors.
The collodion is applied to the surface of the optic, usually in two or more layers.
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