COLLOID

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does colloid mean? 

• COLLOID (noun)
  The noun COLLOID has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: COLLOID used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COLLOID (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("colloid" is a kind of...):

mixture ((chemistry) a substance consisting of two or more substances mixed together (not in fixed proportions and not with chemical bonding))

Domain member category:

dispersed particles; dispersed phase ((of colloids) a substance in the colloidal state)

dispersing medium; dispersing phase; dispersion medium ((of colloids) a substance in which another is colloidally dispersed)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "colloid"):

silver protein (a colloid preparation of protein (albumin or gelatin) and silver oxide; used in aqueous solution as an antibacterial agent)

colloidal gel; gel (a colloid in a more solid form than a sol)

colloidal solution; colloidal suspension; sol (a colloid that has a continuous liquid phase in which a solid is suspended in a liquid)

emulsion ((chemistry) a colloid in which both phases are liquids)

silica gel (a porous form of silica that is highly absorbent)

Derivation:

colloidal (of or relating to or having the properties of a colloid)

 Context examples 

Colloid cysts are benign lesions that should be considered for neurosurgical resection.

(Intracranial Colloid Cyst, NCI Thesaurus)

A multimolecular colloid particle, usually formed by amphipathic molecules in solution with the polar group toward the solution and the hydrophobic group toward the interior.

(Micelle, NCI Thesaurus)

The invasive carcinoma is either colloid or ductal adenocarcinoma.

(Pancreatic Intraductal Papillary-Mucinous Neoplasm with an Associated Invasive Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Upon intravenous administration, hydroxyethyl starch colloid increases blood volume and thus improves circulation.

(Hetastarch, NCI Thesaurus)

A non-cancerous thyroid gland nodule that contains colloid material.

(Colloid Nodule, NCI Thesaurus)

An injectable, aqueous colloid solution containing a non-stoichiometric magnetite core of superparamagnetic iron oxide (SPIO) coated with dextran administered as a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) contrast media.

(Ferumoxides Injectable Solution, NCI Thesaurus)

The motion of charged particles in a colloid under the influence of an electric field; particles with a positive charge go to the cathode and negative to the anode.

(Electrophoresis, NCI Thesaurus)

Colloid cysts i.e. cysts filled with gelatinous material, in the central nervous system often are found in the third ventricle.

(Intracranial Colloid Cyst, NCI Thesaurus)