|1.||colloidal solution, Also called: colloidal suspension a
mixture having particles of one component, with diameters
between 10--7 and 10--9 metres, suspended in a continuous phase
of another component. The mixture has properties between those
of a solution and a fine suspension| |2.||the solid suspended
phase in such a mixture| |3.||obsolete Compare crystalloid a
substance that in solution does not penetrate a semipermeable
membrane| |4.||physiol a gelatinous substance of the thyroid
follicles that holds the hormonal secretions of the thyroid
gland| |5.||pathol of or relating to the gluelike translucent
material found in certain degenerating tissues| |6.||of,
denoting, or having the character of a colloid| |[C19: from
Greek kolla glue + | |a children's mummer's parade, as on the
Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.| |the
offspring of a zebra and a donkey.| colloid col·loid (kŏl'oid')
A suspension of finely divided particles in a continuous medium
from which the particles do not settle out rap