py|rox|y|line

py|rox|y|line
py|rox|y|lin or py|rox|y|line «py ROK suh lihn», noun.
any one of various substances made by nitrating certain fos of cellulose. Guncotton and the soluble cellulose nitrates used in making celluloid, and collodion, are pyroxylins.
[< pyro- + Greek xýlon wood + English -ine2]

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