gum tragacanth

American  

noun

1. tragacanth.

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Etymology

Origin of gum tragacanth

First recorded in 1565–75

Example Sentences

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gum tragacanth

They mixed blood plasma with a little sulfanilamide and some gum tragacanth to make a paste, used it on twelve second-degree burns.

From Time Magazine Archive

Two new excipients for fixed dressings have recently been introduced—bassorin and plasment; the former is made from gum tragacanth, and the latter from Irish moss.

From Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine by Stelwagon, Henry Weightman

To Whiten and Beautify the Teeth.—Take gum tragacanth, one ounce; pumice stone, two drams; gum arabic, one ounce; cream of tartar, one ounce.

From The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources by Anonymous

Large surfaces left plain are also washed with gum tragacanth, because this sizing leaves no lines behind.

From Practical Bookbinding by Adam, Paul

A shallow trough is filled with a solution of gum hog or gum tragacanth of the consistency of thick cream.

From The Building of a Book A Series of Practical Articles Written by Experts in the Various Departments of Book Making and Distributing by Hitchcock, Frederick H.