Cotton wool
Cotton wool (gossypium) - a loose mass of randomly entangled synthetic or plant fibers laid in layers; in medicine it is used mainly as a dressing material.
Types of cotton wool:
- Hygienic - absorbent cotton wool made from V grade cotton fiber, used for feminine hygiene bags and the like;
- Hygroscopic (hygroscopicum) - easily absorbing water, fat-free cotton wool;
- Hygroscopic antiseptic (hygroscopicum antisepticum) - hygroscopic cotton wool impregnated (impregnated) with mercuric chloride, iodoform, or other antibacterial agents;
- Eye - absorbent cotton wool produced from grade I cotton fiber, which has the highest absorption capacity and capillarity;
- Collodion (colloidale; synonym: colloxylin) - cotton wool used for the production of collodion is a mixture of cellulose mono-, di- and trinitrates;
- Compressed cotton wool produced from grade V-VI cotton fiber with the addition of cotton linters; used as soft pads and in warming compresses;
- Hemostatic (haemostaticum) - absorbent wool, which is impregnated with iron trichloride;
- Surgical (chirurgicum) - absorbent cotton wool made from grade III cotton fiber; is one of the main dressings;
- Cellulose (cellulosum) - cotton wool, consisting of fluff cellulose and a mixture of cotton fibers.
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