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

To conclude, Bezuquet the chemist made him up a miniature portable medicine chest stuffed with diachylon plaister, arnica, camphor, and medicated vinegar.

From Tartarin of Tarascon by Daudet, Alphonse

All joints were made air-tight with "diachylon," and when, through the bursting of a glass bulb within it, the receiver became cracked, the crack was rendered air-tight by the same means.

From Heroes of Science: Physicists by Garnett, William

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

From Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889 by Burroughs, Barkham

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)

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

From Enquire Within Upon Everything The Great Victorian Domestic Standby by Anonymous