Medical term:
pyroxylin
pyroxylin
[pi-rok´sĭ-lin]a product of the action of a mixture of nitric and sulfuric acids on cotton; used to make collodion.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.
py·rox·y·lin
(pi-rok'si-lin),Consists chiefly of cellulose tetranitrate, obtained by the action of nitric and sulfuric acids on cotton; used in the preparation of collodion.
Synonym(s): colloxylin, dinitrocellulose, nitrocellulose, soluble gun cotton, xyloidin
[pyro- + G. xylon, wood]
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