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diachylon

[ dahy-ak-uh-lon ]

noun

, Medicine/Medical.
  1. an adhesive plaster consisting chiefly of litharge and oil, used in the treatment of wounds and excoriations.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of diachylon1

First recorded in 1275–1325; Middle English diaquilon, from Old French diaculon, diaquilon, from Medieval Latin diachylum, diaculum, from Late Latin diachȳlōn, noun formed from Greek prepositional phrase dià chylôn “(medication) made of juices,” equivalent to dia- + chylós; dia-, chyle ( def )
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Example Sentences

Mrs. Amory had in the meantime hastened home and returned with a roll of diachylon plaster and a pair of small scissors.

Get four ounces of white diachylon plaster, four ounces of shoemaker's wax, and sixty drops of muriatic acid or spirits of salt.

Take a piece of diachylon plaster, cut a hole in the centre the size of the wart, and stick it on, the wart protruding through.

We must exhibit tonics, sir; sulph quin pulv rhei; liquor diachylon.

Isinglass plaster is not so irritating as diachylon, and is more easily removed.

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