diachylon

American  

[dahy-ak-uh-lon] / daɪˈæk əˌlɒn /

Also diachylum

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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Etymology

Origin of diachylon

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; see origin at dia-, chyle ( def. )

Example Sentences

"Olives are evidently no use as a support in a case like yours, and diachylon would be more use to you now than soft mallows."

From Faces and Places by Lucy, Henry W. (Henry William), Sir

“There, I think that will do now, with a strip or two of plaster which I have here,” producing some diachylon from a pocket-book.

From Picked up at Sea The Gold Miners of Minturne Creek by Hutcheson, John C. (John Conroy)

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

From A Book of Ghosts by Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine)

He thought it better, as better it was, to assuage his bruised dignity with half a yard square of balmy diplomatic diachylon.

From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 05 (of 12) by Burke, Edmund

Fissure or cracks of the skin caused by callus are treated in the same manner: by prolonged soaking in hot water, paring away the edges, and applying diachylon ointment or cold cream to the part.

From The Home Medical Library, Volume II (of VI) by Winslow, Kenelm