a colourless or yellow syrupy liquid that consists of a solution of pyroxylin in ether and alcohol: used in medicine and in the manufacture of photographic plates, lacquers, etc
Word origin
C19: from New Latin collōdium, from Greek kollōdēs glutinous, from kolla glue
collodion in American English
(kəˈloʊdiən)
US
noun
a highly flammable, colorless or pale-yellow, viscous solution of pyroxylin in a mixture of alcohol and ether: it dries quickly, forminga tough, elastic film, and is used as a protective coating for wounds, in cements, etc.
Word origin
< Gr kollōdēs, gluelike < kolla, glue + eidos, form
Examples of 'collodion' in a sentence
collodion
"Hart could see that collodion was a syrupy solution made of gun cotton in ether and alcohol.