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diachylon

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di⋅ach⋅y⋅lon

  [dahy-ak-uh-lon]
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–noun Medicine/Medical.
an adhesive plaster consisting chiefly of litharge and oil, used in the treatment of wounds and excoriations.
Also, di⋅ach⋅y⋅lum  [dahy-ak-uh-luhm] .

Origin:
1275–1325; < L < Gk diáchylōn (something) made of juices, equiv. to dia- dia- + chylós juice (also Latinized as diachȳlum whence E sp. with -um); r. ME diaculon < ML, and ME diaquilon < MF, both < LL diachȳlōn
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