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US
/ˈkɑɫɔɪd/
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[ UK /kˈɒlɔɪd/ ]
[ UK /kˈɒlɔɪd/ ]
NOUN
- a mixture with properties between those of a solution and fine suspension
How To Use colloid In A Sentence
- Humus being highly colloidal, has the ability to adsorb and retain for future plant use many of the ions such as calcium, magnesium, potassium, phosphates and ammonia which might be leached from the soil and lost in drainage.
- These compounds are absorbed into the epithelial cells surrounding the central lumen containing the colloid.
- Silica exists in several crystalline forms, in a large number of colloidal forms, and as an amorphous solid.
- An agent for eliminating singlet oxygen which comprises a colloidal solution of a platinum group metal; and a composition comprising the agent as an effective component.
- The special stains used were Halle colloidal iron, trichrome stain, and mucicarmine.
- This absorptive layer is made of material other than an alginate, foam, hydrocolloid, or hydrogel.
- Electron micrographs revealed that the sheets and filaments were composed of densely packed colloidal rods of twinned witherite crystals interspersed and coated with silica.
- The notion that vitamins and colloidal minerals, herbs, coffee enemas, colonic irrigation, Laetrile, meditation, etc., can enhance the immune system and thereby help restore health is bogus.
- A FilterPure filter is a round ceramic pot made of clay, a combustible material like saw dust or rice husks and a naturally occurring antibacterial called colloidal silver. THE MEDICAL NEWS
- Today, it is well known that Brownianmotion, named for its discoverer, is due to unbalanced molecularimpacts on colloidal particles.