COLLOIDAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does colloidal mean? 

• COLLOIDAL (adjective)
  The adjective COLLOIDAL has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to or having the properties of a colloid

  Familiarity information: COLLOIDAL used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COLLOIDAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or having the properties of a colloid

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

colloid (a mixture with properties between those of a solution and fine suspension)

Derivation:

colloid (a mixture with properties between those of a solution and fine suspension)

 Context examples 

A semisolid (1) dosage form that contains a gelling agent to provide stiffness to a solution or a colloidal dispersion (2).

(Gel Dosage Form, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Jelly like material formed by the coagulation of a colloidal liquid.

(Gel, NCI Thesaurus)

An electrochemical process in which macromolecules or colloidal particles with a net electric charge migrate in a solution under the influence of an electric current.

(Electrophoresis, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Upon application to the skin, colloidal oatmeal cream forms a protective barrier and thereby prevents water loss, provides moisture to the skin and protects the skin from damage.

(Colloidal Oatmeal Cream, NCI Thesaurus)

These are made visible under a microscope by using a color reaction, a radioisotope, colloidal gold, or a fluorescent dye.

(Immunohistochemistry, NCI Dictionary)

Colloidal oatmeal, whole oats milled to a fine powder, with anti-pruritic activity.

(Oatmeal Powder, NCI Thesaurus)

Any material made from or containing natural latex in its native liquid or colloidal state.

(Natural Rubber, Food and Drug Administration)

A colloidal solution containing ferric oxyhydroxide complexed with polymerized dextran, used as a form of parenteral iron-replacement therapy.

(Iron Dextran Complex, NCI Thesaurus)

Compared to the administration of unbound TNF, colloidal gold-bound TNF may improve the efficacy and safety of TNF administration by delivering TNF specifically to tumor tissue.

(Colloidal gold-bound tumor necrosis factor, NCI Thesaurus)

The self-aggregating CHP, composed of a pullulan backbone and cholesterol branches, forms stable colloidal nanoparticles in water.

(CHP-HER-2 Peptide Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)