Collodionization

/kəˌloʊdiənɪˈzeɪʃən/ noun

Definition

The process of coating or treating something with collodion, especially in photographic or medical applications.

Etymology

Collodion + -ization (a suffix meaning 'the process of becoming'). A technical term from 19th-century photographic chemistry.

Kelly Says

Surgeons would collodionize wounds to create a protective coating before bandages existed—collodion was one of the first antiseptic sealants, literally a liquid bandage that would dry into a protective film.

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