3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Colloid \Col"loid\, a. [Gr. ko`lla glue + -oid. Cf
{Collodion}.]
Resembling glue or jelly; characterized by a jellylike
appearance; gelatinous; as colloid tumors.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
colloid
adj : of or relating to or having the properties of a colloid
[syn: {colloidal}]
n : a mixture with properties between those of a solution and
fine suspension
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