Colloid(a.) Resembling glue or jelly; characterized by a jellylike appearance; gelatinous; as, colloid tumors.
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.
Colloid(n.) A gelatinous substance found in colloid degeneration and colloid cancer.
Colloidal(a.) Pertaining to, or of the nature of, colloids.
Colloidality(n.) The state or quality of being colloidal.
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