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hydrocolloids

hydrocolloids is the plural of hydrocolloid.

Meaning of hydrocolloid

Noun

hydrocolloid (plural hydrocolloids)

  1. Any material that forms a colloid (especially a gel) when mixed with water.
    • Holonyms: hydrosol, colloid
    1. Any of a broad subclass of such materials that are of biologic origin or importance, most being biopolymers such as polysaccharides or proteins.
    2. Such a material, made from agar, used to make dental impressions.

Questions about hydrocolloids

What is hydrocolloids the plural of?
Hydrocolloids is the plural of hydrocolloid.

Words near hydrocolloids in the dictionary

  1. hydrocoelectomy
  2. hydrocoeles
  3. hydrocoels
  4. hydrocolloid
  5. hydrocolloidal
  6. hydrocolloids
  7. hydrocolpos
  8. hydrocompaction
  9. hydroconversion
  10. hydroconversions
  11. hydrocool

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