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crys⋅tal⋅loid

  [kris-tl-oid]
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–noun
1. a usually crystallizable substance that, when dissolved in a liquid, will diffuse readily through vegetable or animal membranes.
2. Botany. one of certain minute crystallike granules of protein, found in the tissues of various seeds.
–adjective
3. resembling a crystal.
4. of the nature of a crystalloid.
Origin:
1860–65; < Gk krystalloeids. See crystall-, -oid

Related forms:
crys⋅tal⋅loi⋅dal, adjective
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crys·tal·loid   (krĭs'tə-loid')   
n.  

  1. Chemistry A substance that can be crystallized.

  2. Botany Any of various minute crystallike particles consisting of protein and found in certain plant cells, especially oily seeds.

adj.  Resembling or having properties of a crystal or crystalloid.
crys'tal·loi'dal (-loid'l) adj.
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Main Entry: crys·tal·loid
Pronunciation: 'kris-t&-"loid
Function: noun
1 : a substance that forms a true solution and is capable ofbeing crystallized
2 : a particle of protein that has the properties of crystal and is found especially in oily seeds —crystalloid or crys·tal·loi·dal /"kris-t&-'loid-&l/ adjective
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crystalloid crys·tal·loid (krĭs'tə-loid')
n.
A substance that in solution can pass through a semipermeable membrane and be crystallized, as distinguished from a colloid. adj.
Resembling or having properties of a crystal or crystalloid.

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