Dī-ăch'y-lŏn or Dī-ăch'y-lŭm

Dī-ăch'y-lŏn, Dī-ăch'y-lŭm, n. [Gr. διάχυλος, very juicy, or prepared with the juices of plants, from διά, through, with, from, and χυλός, juice.] (Med.) A plaster originally composed of the juices of several plants, — whence its name, — but now made of an oxide of lead and oil.