DIACHYLON

Etymology

Noun

diachylon (countable and uncountable, plural diachylons)

(medicine) A plaster originally composed of the juices of several plants, later made of an oxide of lead and oil, and consisting essentially of glycerine mixed with lead salts of the fat acids.

Anagrams

• halcyonid

Source: Wiktionary

Di*ach"y*lon, Di*ach"y*lum, n. Etym: [NL. diachylum, fr. Gr. (Med. & Chem.)

Definition: A plaster originally composed of the juices of several plants (whence its name), but now made of an oxide of lead and oil, and consisting essentially of glycerin mixed with lead salts of the fat acids.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition