colloid

• POS: Adjective, Noun
• HYPHEN: col=loid

CIDE DICTIONARY

colloid, a. [Gr. ko`lla glue + -oid. Cf. Collodion.].

 Resembling glue or jelly; characterized by a jellylike appearance; gelatinous; as, colloid tumors.  [1913 Webster]

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.  [1913 Webster]
•  A gelatinous substance found in colloid degeneration and colloid cancer.  [1913 Webster]

Styptic colloid (Med.), a preparation of astringent and antiseptic substances with some colloid material, as collodion, for ready use.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

colloid, n.
1 Chem. a a substance consisting of ultramicroscopic particles. b a mixture of such a substance uniformly dispersed through a second substance esp. to form a viscous solution.
2 Med. a substance of a homogeneous gelatinous consistency.

Derivative

colloidal adj.

Etymology

Gk kolla glue + -OID