crystalloid
Americannoun
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a usually crystallizable substance that, when dissolved in a liquid, will diffuse readily through vegetable or animal membranes.
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Botany. one of certain minute crystallike granules of protein, found in the tissues of various seeds.
adjective
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resembling a crystal.
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of the nature of a crystalloid.
adjective
noun
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a substance that in solution can pass through a semipermeable membrane Compare colloid
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botany any of numerous crystals of protein occurring in certain seeds and other storage organs
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Etymology
Origin of crystalloid
From the Greek word krystalloeidḗs, dating back to 1860–65. See crystall-, -oid
Example Sentences
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The philosophers call it crystalloid, for it taketh suddenly divers forms and shapes of colours as crystal doth.
From Mediaeval Lore from Bartholomew Anglicus by Robert Steele
Crystallization.—When we evaporate a solution of a crystalloid it becomes more concentrated, slow movements of diffusion are set up, and at a given moment agglomeration occurs, the agglomerates taking the form of crystals.
From The Mechanism of Life by Stéphane Leduc
The smallest individual particle of a colloid appeared to him to be a much more complex structure than the smallest particle of a crystalloid.
From Heroes of Science Chemists by M. M. Pattison (Matthew Moncrieff Pattison) Muir
Cavities can be partly filled with tin and completed with sponge, fibrous, or crystalloid gold, after the manner described for beginning with tin and finishing with gold foil.
From Tin Foil and Its Combinations for Filling Teeth by Henry Lovejoy Ambler
Simple filtration will sometimes suffice to separate the required substance; in other cases dialysis will be necessary, in order that crystalloid substances may be separated from colloid bodies.
From Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology by W. G. Aitchison (William George Aitchison ) Robertson
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