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collodium

collodium is the dated form of collodion.

Meaning of collodion

Noun

collodion (countable and uncountable, plural collodions)

  1. A syrupy solution of nitrocellulose (pyroxylin) in alcohol and ether that evaporates on a surface to form a clear elastic film; used in surgical dressings, photographic plates and lacquer paints.
    • The mysterious odour of collodion permeates these memories.1993, Rikki Ducornet, The Jade Cabinet, Dalkey Archive Press, page 14

Forms of collodium

pluralcollodia

Questions about collodium

What is collodium the dated form of?
Collodium is the dated form of collodion.

Words near collodium in the dictionary

  1. collodionizes
  2. collodionizing
  3. collodions
  4. collodiotype
  5. collodiotypes
  6. collodium
  7. colloform
  8. collography
  9. collogue
  10. collogued
  11. collogues

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Adapted from Wiktionary: collodium (page history and authors); collodion (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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