01 a. Resembling glue or jelly; characterized by a jellylike appearance; gelatinous; as, colloid tumors.
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Resembling glue or jelly; characterized by a jellylike appearance; gelatinous; as, colloid tumors.
Entry
3 senses · 2 variants
Webster, 1913
Colloid
02 n. A substance (as albumin, gum, gelatin, etc.) which is of a gelatinous rather than a crystalline nature, and which diffuses itself through a…
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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.(Physiol. Chem.)
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A gelatinous substance found in colloid degeneration and colloid cancer.(Med.)
Phrases & compounds
Styptic colloid —
a preparation of astringent and antiseptic substances with some colloid material, as collodion, for ready use.