Col"loid (?), a. [Gr. glue + -oid. Cf. Collodion.]
Resembling glue or jelly; characterized by a jellylike appearance; gelatinous; as, colloid tumors.
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Col"loid (?), 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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