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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) collodion
a solution of pyroxylin in ether and alcohol: used in making film and in medicine.

Etymology: (1850–55; alter. of NL collodium < Gk kollṒd(ēs) glutinous, der. of kóll(a) glue)

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1. (noun) collodion
a colorless syrupy solution of pyroxylin in ether and alcohol; used as a coating for wounds or photographic films

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Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) collodion
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

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U.S. National Library of Medicine

1. collodion
A nitrocellulose solution in ether and alcohol. Collodion has a wide range of uses in industry including applications in the manufacture of photographic film, in fibers, in lacquers, and in engraving and lithography. In medicine it is used as a drug solvent and a wound sealant.

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