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crystalloid |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Crystalloid \Crys"tal*loid\, n. 1. (Chem.) A body which in solution, diffuses readily through animal membranes, and generally is capable of being crystallized; -- opposed to colloid. 2. (Bot.) One of the microscopic particles resembling crystals, consisting of protein matter, which occur in certain plant cells; -- called also {protein crystal}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Crystalloid \Crys"tal*loid\ (kr?s"tal-loid), a. [Gr. kry`stallos crystal + -oid.] Crystal-like; transparent like crystal.