crystalloid

n.

1. Chemistry. A substance that can be crystallized.
2. Botany. Any of various minute crystallike particles consisting of protein and found in certain plant cells, especially oily seeds.

adj.
Resembling or having properties of a crystal or crystalloid.

crystalloidal crys'tal·loi'dal (-loid'l) adj.

(krĭs'tə-loid')
n.

A substance that in solution can pass through a semipermeable membrane and be crystallized, as distinguished from a colloid.

adj.

Resembling or having properties of a crystal or crystalloid.

1. resembling a crystal.
2. a noncolloid substance. Crystalloids form true solutions and therefore are capable of passing through a semipermeable membrane, as in dialysis. The physical opposite of a crystalloid is a colloid (3), which does not dissolve and does not form true solutions.

• c. particle — a matrix particle in a single membrane contained in a peroxisome, when viewed through an electron microscope. Called also nucleoid.
• c. solution — contains electrolytes and nonelectrolytes which will diffuse into all body fluid compartments. Examples are Ringer's solution and 5% dextrose in water.