Celloid vs Celloidin - What's the difference?
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(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. }}
Celloid is a related term of celloidin.
As a noun 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.celloid
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