Definitions for celloidin

celloidin cel·loi·din

Spelling: [suh-loi-din]
IPA: /səˈlɔɪ dɪn/

Celloidin is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 284 anagrams from letters in celloidin (cdeiillno).

Definitions for celloidin

noun

  1. a concentrated form of pyroxylin used to embed tissues for cutting and microscopic examination.

Origin of celloidin

First recorded in 1880-85; cell(ulose) + -oid + -in2

Examples for celloidin

Various grades of celloidin, thick and thin, in wide-mouthed bottles.

Pour some soft celloidin into a test tube; carefully revolve the test tube so that an even film of celloidin dries on the inside.

Remove the solution of gelatine from the interior of the celloidin case with a pipette.

After a short time water begins to rise in the tube, having passed through the film of celloidin.

To overcome this, the sections might also be embedded in celloidin.

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