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suspensoid (medicine)


suspensoid


A colloidal solution in which the disperse particles are solid and lyophobe or hydrophobe, and are therefore sharply demarcated from the fluid in which they are suspended.

Synonym: hydrophobic colloid, lyophobic colloid, suspension colloid.

Origin: suspension + G. Eidos, resemblance