Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An adhesive plaster made by boiling together lead oxid, olive-oil, and water, the emplastrum plumbi of the pharmacopœia. Also called
diachylon .
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Examples
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Diachylon, or lead-plaster, is largely used as an abortifacient.
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