collodionn.
/kəˈləʊdɪən/, U.S. /kəˈloʊdiən/ a. A solution of gun-cotton in ether, forming a colourless gummy liquid, which dries rapidly in the air, owing to evaporation of the ether; used in photography for covering plates with a thin film, and in surgery for coating wounds, burns, etc.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines of specific form > ointments, etc. > [noun] > gluey solution used in surgery
collodion1851
society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > photography > chemicals > [noun] > emulsion or sensitizer
emulsion1840
collodion1851
sensitizer1854
nitrate bath1858
collodio-bromide1864
organifier1873
silver bath1878
bromide emulsion1885
silver1891
sensibilizer1900
panchromatic1906
nuclear emulsion1949
1851 F. S. Archer in Chemist 257 I find from numerous trials that Collodion..is admirably adapted for photographic purposes as a substitute for paper.
1861 Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 1859–61 7 15 Photographs of the moon..taken..on collodion.
1876 T. Bryant Pract. Surg. (ed. 2) I. i. 35 An artificial covering of the flexible collodion is of great use.
b. attributive, as collodion process (in photography), collodion balloon.
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1859 J. M. Jephson & L. Reeve Narr. Walking Tour Brittany 6 The wet collodion process.
1863–72 H. Watts Dict. Chem. I. 1084 Collodion balloons may be made much lighter than those of gold-beater's skin, so that much smaller ones will rise in the air when filled with detonating gas.
1879 G. B. Prescott Speaking Telephone (new ed.) 11 The smaller..end of the tube is closed by means of a collodion membrane.
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