GELATINOUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does gelatinous mean? 

• GELATINOUS (adjective)
  The adjective GELATINOUS has 1 sense:

1. thick like gelatin

  Familiarity information: GELATINOUS used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GELATINOUS (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Thick like gelatin

Synonyms:

gelatinlike; gelatinous; jellylike

Similar:

thick (relatively dense in consistency)

Derivation:

gelatin; gelatine (a colorless water-soluble glutinous protein obtained from animal tissues such as bone and skin)

gelatinousness (the property of having a viscosity like jelly)

 Context examples 

A microscopy staining method that utilizes India Ink, a water soluble carbon-based black ink, to determine the presence of microorganisms that are surrounded by a gelatinous capsule.

(India Ink Staining Method, NCI Thesaurus)

A solution intended for administration in a drop-wise fashion; it becomes gelatinous upon administration.

(Gel Forming Drop Solution Dosage Form, NCI Thesaurus)

A solution that becomes a gelatinous liquid after administration.

(Gel Forming Solution Dosage Form, NCI Thesaurus)

A solution that becomes gelatinous upon administration and is designed to release active and/or inert ingredient(s) at a controlled, prolonged rate so as to reduce dosing frequency.

(Extended Release Gel Forming Solution Dosage Form, NCI Thesaurus)

A gelatinous type of connective tissue that is found in the umbilical cord.

(Mucous Connective Tissue, NCI Thesaurus)

For answers, Brandon turned to salps, gelatinous filter-feeding invertebrates that suck in water to eat and to propel themselves around the upper 6,500 feet of the ocean.

(Microplastics million times more abundant in the ocean than previously thought, National Science Foundation)

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)

The presence of abundant mucoid or gelatinous, cellular or acellular material in the pelvis and abdominal cavity (pseudomyxoma peritonei) that is associated with the presence of an ovarian mucinous cystic tumor.

(Ovarian Mucinous Cystic Tumor Associated with Pseudomyxoma Peritonei, NCI Thesaurus)

Gel electrophoresis is a method of separating large molecules (such as DNA fragments or proteins) from a mixture of similar molecules by electrophoretic filtration through a gelatinous matrix.

(Gel Electrophoresis, NCI Thesaurus)