Definition of "crystalloid" [crys•tal•loid]

• Chemistry A substance that can be crystallized. (noun)
• Botany Any of various minute crystallike particles consisting of protein and found in certain plant cells, especially oily seeds. (noun)
• Resembling or having properties of a crystal or crystalloid. (adjective)

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• "What Kallatra did with Deuce's crystalloid resonators was a pallid approximation."
• "It was very soon found that sometimes one and the same substance can occur in one case as a crystalloid and in another case as a colloid."
• "A colloid, on the other hand, e.g. glue, is unable to pass through such membranes and diffuses extremely slowly, in contrast to the crystalloid."