Colloid

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1. Adjective

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

2. Noun

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.

3. Noun

A gelatinous substance found in colloid degeneration and colloid cancer.

4. Noun

a mixture with properties between those of a solution and fine suspension
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