ichthyocolla

(ik’’the-o-kol’ah) (Gr. ἰχθὺς fish + κόλλα gluc]. Isingla ; a form of gelatin prepared from the swimming-bladders of the Ru ian sturgeon, Acipen’ser hu’so. It occurs in white, horny sheets, and is used as a food, as a demulcent for clarifying liquids, and externally in the form of a plaster (4. plaster or court plaster), as an adhesive and protective dre ing.