pyroxylin
noun
py·rox·y·lin
| \ pī-ˈräk-sə-lən
, pə-\
, pə-\
Definition of pyroxylin
1
: a flammable mixture of nitrocelluloses used especially in making plastics and water-repellent coatings (such as lacquers)
2
: a pyroxylin product
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pyroxylin
noun
py·rox·y·lin
| \ pī-ˈräk-sə-lən, pə-
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Medical Definition of pyroxylin
: a flammable mixture of cellulose nitrates usually with less than 12.5 percent nitrogen that is less explosive than guncotton, soluble in a mixture of ether and alcohol or other organic solvents, and used especially in making plastics and coatings (as lacquers) — see collodion