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crystalloid
[ kris-tl-oid ]
noun
- a usually crystallizable substance that, when dissolved in a liquid, will diffuse readily through vegetable or animal membranes.
- Botany. one of certain minute crystallike granules of protein, found in the tissues of various seeds.
adjective
- resembling a crystal.
- of the nature of a crystalloid.
crystalloid
/ ˈ°ì°ùɪ²õ³Ùəˌ±ôɔɪ»å /
adjective
- resembling or having the appearance or properties of a crystal or crystalloid
noun
- a substance that in solution can pass through a semipermeable membrane Compare colloid
- botany any of numerous crystals of protein occurring in certain seeds and other storage organs
Derived Forms
- ËŒ³¦°ù²â²õ³Ù²¹±ôˈ±ô´Ç¾±»å²¹±ô, adjective
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ³¦°ù²â²õt²¹±ô·±ô´Ç¾±î€ƒd²¹±ô adjective
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of crystalloid1
Example Sentences
Among the first of its many innovations, it came known for the Brooke Formula, which combined blood, plasma and a crystalloid solution of water, salt and trace elements.
The smallest individual particle of a colloid appeared to him to be a much more complex structure than the smallest particle of a crystalloid.
The colloidal molecule appeared to be formed by the gathering together of several crystalloidal molecules; such a complex structure might be expected readily to undergo change, whereas the simpler molecule of a crystalloid would probably present more definite and less readily altered properties.
He proved that a colloidal substance acts towards a crystalloid much as water does; that the crystalloid rapidly diffuses through the colloid, but that colloids are not themselves capable of diffusing through other colloids.
On the results of his examination of the phenomena of diffusion of liquids and salts across porous membranes or septa, Graham founded a method of separating colloid from crystalloid bodies, which he called dialysis.
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