Definition of Glycerin jelly

1. Noun. A mixture of glycerin and gelatin that is used in histology for mounting specimens.

Generic synonyms: Glyceryl Ester

Medical Definition of Glycerin jelly

1. A preparation made of equal parts of gelatin and glycerin; a firm mass liquefying at gentle heat; it is used as a vehicle for suppositories and urethral bougies. Synonym: glycerin jelly, glycerogelatin, glycogelatin. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Glycerin Jelly

glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase
glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate phosphatase
glyceraldehydephosphate dehydrogenase
glyceraldehydes
glycerate
glycerates
glycerias
glyceric
glyceric acid
glyceric aldehyde
glyceridases
glyceride
glycerides
glyceridic
glycerin
glycerin jelly (current term)
glycerin suppository
glycerinate
glycerinated
glycerinated gelatin
glycerinated tincture
glycerinates
glycerinating
glycerination
glycerine
glycerines
glycerins
glycerite
glycerites
glycero-

Literary usage of Glycerin jelly

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Elements of Vegetable Histology by Charles William Ballard (1921)
"The permanent mounting media include glycerin jelly, Canada balsam and ... glycerin jelly is used in most instances because it is readily miscible with the ..."

2. The Microscope: An Introduction to Microscopic Methods and to Histology by Simon Henry Gage (1920)
"In case the glycerin jelly remains fluid or semi-fluid at the ordinary temperature ... glycerin jelly for anatomic preparations. — Specimens prepared by the ..."

3. An Introduction to the Study of the Comparative Anatomy of Animals: A by Gilbert Charles Bourne, Arthur Bolles Lee (1900)
"LAWRENCE'S glycerin jelly (DAVIES, Preparation and Mounting of Microscopic Objects, p. 84). ... BEALE'S glycerin jelly (How to Work, etc., p. 57). ..."

4. Chemical and Microscopical Diagnosis by Francis Carter Wood (1909)
"(i9.5) of pure silver foil are dissolved in nitric acid, the excess of acid driven off by boiling and the solution diluted to 1000 cc glycerin jelly ..."

5. The Microtomist's Vade-mecum: A Handbook of the Methods of Microscopic Anatomy by Arthur Bolles Lee (1903)
"BE ALE'S glycerin jelly (How to Work, etc., p. 57). ... BRANDT'S glycerin jelly (Zeit. f. wiss. Mik., ii, 1880, p. 69; Journ. Roy. Mic. Soc., iii, 1880, p. ..."

6. Animal Micrology: Practical Exercises in Zoölogical Micro-technique by Michael Frederic Guyer (1917)
"MOUNTING IN GLYCERIN-JELLY Glycerin-jelly is frequently preferable to pure ... Place the bottle of glycerin-jelly into a vessel containing warm water until ..."

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