A preparation combining glycerin and gelatin, historically used for preserving biological specimens and in pharmaceutical applications.
Glycero- + gelatin (from Latin gelatus, 'frozen'). Developed in 19th-century medicine and pathology for specimen preservation.
Pathologists used glycerogelatin in early medical museums to preserve organs and tissues—it kept specimens flexible and visible for teaching doctors for over a century.
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