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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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