Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A gum (C6H10O5) insoluble in water, the essential constituent of gum tragacanth and of cherry and plum gums. Also called
traganthin and adraganthin.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) A constituent part of a species of gum from Bassora, as also of gum tragacanth and some gum resins. It is one of the amyloses.
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- noun organic chemistry An
amylose that is aconstituent part of aspecies ofgum from Bassora,tragacanth , and some gumresins .
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Examples
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When the eczema on the face is of the weeping, or moist, variety, the application of bassorin paste gives splendid results.
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Salep consists chiefly of bassorin, some soluble gum, and a little starch.
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The following is a bassorin paste which may be variously medicated.
Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine Henry Weightman Stelwagon 1886
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Two new excipients for fixed dressings have recently been introduced -- bassorin and plasment; the former is made from gum tragacanth, and the latter from Irish moss.
Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine Henry Weightman Stelwagon 1886
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Acacia, tragacanth, bassorin and plasment applications are used in cases of a subacute and chronic character.
Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine Henry Weightman Stelwagon 1886
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_Mucilage_, or _bassorin_, is simply a modified form of gum, which, though insoluble in water, forms a gelatinous mixture with that fluid.
The Stock-Feeder's Manual the chemistry of food in relation to the breeding and feeding of live stock Charles Alexander Cameron 1875
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