crystalloid

• POS: Adjective, Noun
• HYPHEN: crys=tal=loid

CIDE DICTIONARY

crystalloid, a. [Gr. kry`stallos crystal + -oid.].

 Crystal-like; transparent like crystal.  [1913 Webster]

crystalloid, n. 

•  A body which, in solution, diffuses readily through animal membranes, and generally is capable of being crystallized; -- opposed to colloid.  [1913 Webster]
•  One of the microscopic particles resembling crystals, consisting of protein matter, which occur in certain plant cells; -- called also protein crystal.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

crystalloid, adj. & n.
--adj.
1 crystal-like.
2 having a crystalline structure.
--n. a substance that in solution is able to pass through a semipermeable membrane (cf. COLLOID).