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What is the noun for colloid?

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colloid
  1. (chemistry) A stable system of two phases, one of which is dispersed in the other in the form of very small droplets or particles.
  2. (meteorology) An intimate mixture of two substances one of which, called the dispersed phase (or colloid), is uniformly distributed in a finely divided state throughout the second substance, called the dispersion medium (or dispersing medium).
  3. (geology) A particle less than 1 micron in diameter, following the Wentworth scale
  4. Synonyms:
colloidosome
collosol
  1. (medicine) A colloidal preparation of an insoluble material
  2. Examples:
    1. “The hydrolysis of tetrabutyl titanate has been effectively controlled in a collosol of N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone dissolved with polyvinylidene fluoride.”
      “The disadvantages of iodism and nausea frequently associated with iodides never occur with Collosol Iodine.”
colloidality
  1. The state or quality of being colloidal.
colloidosomes
  1. plural of colloidosome
colloidalities
  1. plural of colloidality
collosols
  1. plural of collosol
colloids
  1. plural of colloid
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Chemists are most often concerned with colloids in which solid or liquid particles are suspended in a liquid.”
      “Therefore, the BMV presents characteristics that are intermediate between proteins and colloids.”
      “Resuscitation is mainly with crystalloids, but colloids may be required to restore circulating volume.”
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