Definition of Colloid

1. Noun. A mixture with properties between those of a solution and fine suspension.


Definition of Colloid

1. a. Resembling glue or jelly; characterized by a jellylike appearance; gelatinous; as, colloid tumors.

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.

Definition of Colloid

1. Adjective. Glue-like. ¹

2. Noun. (chemistry) A stable system of two phases, one of which is dispersed in the other in the form of very small droplets or particles. ¹

3. Noun. (meteorology) An intimate mixture of two substances one of which, called the dispersed phase (or '''colloid'''), is uniformly distributed in a finely divided state throughout the second substance, called the dispersion medium (or dispersing medium). The dispersion medium may be a gas, a liquid, or a solid, and the dispersed phase may also be any of these, with the exception that one does not speak of a colloidal system of one gas in another. A system of liquid or solid particles colloidally dispersed in a gas is called an aerosol. A system of solid substances or water-insoluble liquids colloidally dispersed in liquid water is called a hydrosol. ¹

4. Noun. (geology) A particle less than 1 micron in diameter, following the Wentworth scale ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Colloid

1. a type of chemical suspension [n -S]

Medical Definition of Colloid

1. Microscopic particles suspended in some sort of liquid medium. The particles are between one nanometre and one micrometre in size and can be macromolecules. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Colloid

collodion vesicans
collodionize
collodionized
collodionizes
collodionizing
collodions
collodiotype
collodiotypes
collodium
collography
collogue
collogued
collogues
colloguing
colloid (current term)
colloid acne
colloid adenoma
colloid bath
colloid bodies
colloid cancer
colloid carcinoma
colloid corpuscle
colloid cyst
colloid goiter
colloid milium
colloid pseudomilium
colloid system
colloid theory of narcosis

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