crystalloid

Meaning

Noun

1. 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.

Adj

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

Synonyms

clarity

diaphaneity

glassy

hyaline

transparence

transparency

transparent

vitreous

deaphaneity

Translations

cristalloide

cristaloide

Krystalloid

κρεισταλοειδής

cristal·loide

cristalloide

cristalloïde

Kristalloid

Etymology

From crystal + -oid.