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colloid

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Adjective, Noun
 : 
col=loid

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun colloid has 1 sense

CIDE DICTIONARY

colloida. [Gr. ko`lla glue + -oid. Cf. Collodion.].
     Resembling glue or jelly; characterized by a jellylike appearance; gelatinous; as, colloid tumors.  [1913 Webster]
colloidn. 
  •  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.  [1913 Webster]
  •  A gelatinous substance found in colloid degeneration and colloid cancer.  [1913 Webster]
Styptic colloid (Med.), a preparation of astringent and antiseptic substances with some colloid material, as collodion, for ready use.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

colloid, n.
1 Chem. a a substance consisting of ultramicroscopic particles. b a mixture of such a substance uniformly dispersed through a second substance esp. to form a viscous solution.
2 Med. a substance of a homogeneous gelatinous consistency.

Derivative
colloidal adj.
Etymology
Gk kolla glue + -OID
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