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Definition of Colloid |
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Colloid
Resembling glue or jelly; characterized by a jellylike appearance; gelatinous; as, colloid tumors. 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. A gelatinous substance found in colloid degeneration and colloid cancer. Related Definitions: Albumin, And, Animal, Appearance, As, By, Cancer, Characterized, Colloid, Crystalline, Crystalloid, Degeneration, Do, Found, Gelatin, Gelatinous, Glue, Gum, In, Is, Itself, Jelly, More, Nature, Of, Opposed, Or, Parchment, Rather, Resembling, Slowly, Substance, Than, Through, To, Vegetable, Which |
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Colloid Translations
colloid in German is Kolloid colloid in Hungarian is kolloid |
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