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Colloid   Listen
noun
Colloid  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.






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