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De - Pt| English Dictionary: colloid | by the DICT Development Group |
| 3 results for colloid | |
| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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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]: | |
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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. | |
