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crystalloid

crystalloid noun: any substance that can be crystallized from solution; a water-soluble crystalline substance that can diffuse through a semipermeable membrane, as opposed to a colloid which cannot.

Noun

crystalloid (plural crystalloids)

  1. (physical) Any substance that can be crystallized from solution; a water-soluble crystalline substance that can diffuse through a semipermeable membrane, as opposed to a colloid which cannot.
  2. One of the microscopic particles resembling crystals, consisting of protein matter, which occur in certain plant cells.

Adjective

crystalloid (comparative more crystalloid, superlative most crystalloid)

  1. Crystal-like; transparent like crystal, or shaped like a crystal.

crystalloid meaning in Tamil, Tagalog and Malay

crystalloid in Tamil

படிக அமைப்புப்பொருள், பளிங்குருவப்பொருள், கிரிஸ்ட்டலாய்டு, படிகம் போன்ற, பளிங்குரு, நொய் படிகக் கரைசல்

crystalloid in Tagalog

any substance that can be crystallized from solution
malabubog

crystalloid in Malay

any substance that can be crystallized from solution
kristaloid

Forms of crystalloid

Noun
pluralcrystalloids
Adjective
comparativemore crystalloid
superlativemost crystalloid

Origin of crystalloid

From crystal + -oid.

Words formed from crystalloid

Questions about crystalloid

What does crystalloid mean?
Crystalloid means any substance that can be crystallized from solution; a water-soluble crystalline substance that can diffuse through a semipermeable membrane, as opposed to a colloid which cannot.
What is crystalloid in Tamil?
Crystalloid in Tamil is படிக அமைப்புப்பொருள், பளிங்குருவப்பொருள், கிரிஸ்ட்டலாய்டு. See Crystalloid meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is crystalloid?
Crystalloid can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of crystalloid?
The plural of crystalloid is crystalloids.

Words near crystalloid in the dictionary

  1. crystallographic
  2. crystallographic defect
  3. crystallographical
  4. crystallographically
  5. crystallography
  6. crystalloid
  7. crystalloidal
  8. crystalloidally
  9. crystalloids
  10. crystallology
  11. crystalloluminescence

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Adapted from Wiktionary: crystalloid (page history and authors); crystalloid (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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