gelati'num

[L. gelaius, frozen.] (U.S., Br.) Gelatin prepared by the action of boiling water on various animal ti ues, such as bones, ligaments, hoofs, horns, etc. used in pharmacy for coating pills, making plasters, troches, capsules, etc.; employed in medicine as a hemostatic, locally applied or given hypodermically, and also in the treatment of aneurysm, g. chon'dri (N.F.), Irish mo gelatin, extracted from Irish mo , used to make the mucilage of Irish mo which is employed as a substitute for gum arable in making emulsions, g. glycerin a'tum (U.S.), glycerinated gelatin, glycerogelatin, glycerin jelly, made of equal parts of gelatin and glycerin, a firm ma liquefying at gentle heat; employed as a vehicle for suppositories and urethral bougies and for the glycerogelatina of the N.F.