- 1. a. Resembling glue or jelly; characterized by a jellylike appearance; gelatinous; as, colloid tumors. Source: opted
- 2. n. 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. Source: opted
- 3. n. A gelatinous substance found in colloid degeneration and colloid cancer. Source: opted
- 4. n. a mixture with properties between those of a solution and fine suspension Source: wordnet
- 5. Resembling glue or jelly; characterized by a jellylike appearance; gelatinous; as, colloid tumors. 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. Source: webster
- 6. Resembling glue or jelly; characterized by a jellylikeappearance; gelatinous; as, colloid tumors. Source: adambom
- 7. n:100 n. a mixture with properties between those of a solution and fine suspension Source: ecdict
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