COLLOIDAL SOLUTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does colloidal solution mean? 

• COLLOIDAL SOLUTION (noun)
  The noun COLLOIDAL SOLUTION has 1 sense:

1. a colloid that has a continuous liquid phase in which a solid is suspended in a liquid

  Familiarity information: COLLOIDAL SOLUTION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COLLOIDAL SOLUTION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A colloid that has a continuous liquid phase in which a solid is suspended in a liquid

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

colloidal solution; colloidal suspension; sol

Hypernyms ("colloidal solution" is a kind of...):

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

 Context examples 

An intravenous colloidal solution containing trivalent iron (Fe3+) chelated to isomaltosides, used as iron replacement.

(Iron Isomaltoside 1000, NCI Thesaurus)

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

(Iron Dextran Complex, NCI Thesaurus)