Alcohol vs Celloidin - What's the difference?
alcohol | celloidin |
(organic chemistry, countable) Any of a class of organic compounds (such as ethanol) containing a hydroxyl functional group (-OH).
(uncountable) An intoxicating beverage made by the fermentation of sugar or sugar-containing material.
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-22, volume=407, issue=8841, page=76, magazine=(The Economist)
, title= (obsolete) Any very fine powder.
(biology) A semisolid solution of pyroxylin in ether and alcohol. Used to embed specimens for microscopy before they are sectioned and placed on slides.
* {{quote-book, 1950, John Randal Baker, Cytological Technique
, passage=The celloidin will gradually change into a soft gel. }}
A specimen embedded in celloidin.
* {{quote-book, 2006, Dolores Landy Bentham, chapter=Fresh Air, Still Going Strong, editor=Janet Weinberg
, passage=I will not cut the celloidins or check the bibliography for his book. }}
As nouns the difference between alcohol and celloidin
is that alcohol is while celloidin is (biology) a semisolid solution of pyroxylin in ether and alcohol used to embed specimens for microscopy before they are sectioned and placed on slides.alcohol
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(wikipedia alcohol)Noun
Snakes and ladders, passage=Risk is everywhere. From tabloid headlines insisting that coffee causes cancer (yesterday, of course, it cured it) to stern government warnings about alcohol and driving, the world is teeming with goblins.}}
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* See alsoDerived terms
* -holic * -holism * -ol * alcohol abuse * alcoholic * alcoholism * low-alcohol * non-alcoholic * nonalcoholicReferences
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