COLLOIDAL

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

I. (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)

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Context examples:

Also called colloidal gold-bound tumor necrosis factor and TNF-bound colloidal gold.

(Aurimmune, NCI Dictionary)

A colloidal dispersion formulation of 9-Aminocamptothecin, a water-insoluble camptothecin derivative.

(Aminocamptothecin Colloidal Dispersion, NCI Thesaurus)

Colloidal gold-bound tumor necrosis factor is made in the laboratory by binding a cancer-killing protein called tumor necrosis factor (TNF) to the surface of very tiny particles of gold.

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

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

(Iron Isomaltoside 1000, NCI Thesaurus)

A type of globulin in plasma that in electrically charged solutions exhibits colloidal mobility between that of the alpha and gamma globulins.

(Beta Globulin, NCI Thesaurus)

A type of globulin in plasma that in electrically charged solutions exhibits greatest colloidal mobility among that of serum globulins.

(Alpha-Globulin, NCI Thesaurus)

A type of globulin in plasma that in electrically charged solutions exhibits slowest colloidal mobility after that of the alpha and beta globulins.

(Gamma Globulin, NCI Thesaurus)

Note 2: A colloidal dispersion is a system in which particles of colloidal dimension (i.e., typically between 1 nm and 1 micrometer) are distributed uniformly throughout a liquid.

(Gel Dosage Form, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

A colloidal oatmeal-based skin cream with potential moisturizing and skin protecting activity.

(Colloidal Oatmeal Cream, NCI Thesaurus)