Colloid

[Col·loid]

A mixture with properties between those of a solution and fine suspension

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Resembling glue or jelly; characterized by a jellylike appearance; gelatinous; as, colloid tumors.

Noun
a mixture with properties between those of a solution and fine suspension


a.
Resembling glue or jelly; characterized by a jellylike appearance; gelatinous; as, colloid tumors.

n.
A substance (as albumin, gum, gelatin, etc.) which is of a gelatinous rather than a crystalline nature, and which diffuses itself through animal membranes or vegetable parchment more slowly than crystalloids do; -- opposed to crystalloid.

n.
A gelatinous substance found in colloid degeneration and colloid cancer.


Colloid

Col"loid , a. [Gr. glue + -oid. Cf. Collodion.] Resembling glue or jelly; characterized by a jellylike appearance; gelatinous; as, colloid tumors.

Colloid

Col"loid , n. 1. (Physiol. Chem.) A substance (as albumin, gum, gelatin, etc.) which is of a gelatinous rather than a crystalline nature, and which diffuses itself through animal membranes or vegetable parchment more slowly than crystalloids do; -- opposed to crystalloid. 2. (Med.) A gelatinous substance found in colloid degeneration and colloid cancer. Styptic colloid (Med.), a preparation of astringent and antiseptic substances with some colloid material, as collodion, for ready use.

Resembling glue or jelly; characterized by a jellylike appearance; gelatinous; as, colloid tumors.

A substance (as albumin, gum, gelatin, etc.) which is of a gelatinous rather than a crystalline nature, and which diffuses itself through animal membranes or vegetable parchment more slowly than crystalloids do; -- opposed to crystalloid.

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