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Meaning of 'colloid' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Colloid [ a.]
- Resembling glue or jelly; characterized by a jellylike appearance; gelatinous; as, colloid tumors.
2 . Colloid [ 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.
- A gelatinous substance found in colloid degeneration and colloid cancer.

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