Viskingn.
/ˈvɪskɪŋ/ A proprietary term for seamless cellulose tubing used as membranes in dialysis and as edible casings for sausages.
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1931 Trade Marks Jrnl. 29 July 1050/1 Visking casing...sausage casings made of cellulose. The Visking Corporation,..Chicago, Illinois, United States of America; manufacturers.
1941 Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 15 Apr. 550/1 The Visking Corporation, Chicago... Visking for merchandise protectors—namely seamless cellulose tubes, and artificial sausage casings made of cellulose.
1956 Nature 25 Feb. 381/1 These compounds were removed..by dialysis of aqueous solutions of 2–3 mgm. of the venom, in Visking tubing.
1970 Nature 26 Dec. 1336/2 The oxidized form dialysed through visking tubing.
1977 Times Educ. Suppl. 21 Oct. 29/1 This apparatus was designed to simplify the setting up of experiments using visking tubing.
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