colloidal
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Colloidal silver can make other medications, including antibiotics, less effective.
From Washington Post • Mar. 5, 2020
Colloidal silver is made up of silver particles suspended in a liquid, and has often has often been falsely peddled as a miracle solution to boost the immune system and cure diseases.
From Washington Times • Feb. 14, 2020
Colloidal silver is a popular new-age health product, touted as a miraculous antibacterial and antimicrobial agent that is dabbed on the skin.
From The Guardian • May 2, 2019
Colloidal dispersions consist of particles that are much bigger than the solutes of typical solutions.
From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019
Colloidal matter is intrinsically devoid of structure, and in the mass may be regarded as homogeneous; whereas crystalline matter in its proximate forms assumes definite and specific shapes which express a complex of internal stresses.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" by Various
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