Crystalloid

Crystalloid - Other Definitions

• (a.) Crystal-like; transparent like crystal.
  
  
• (n.) A body which, in solution, diffuses readily through animal membranes, and generally is capable of being crystallized; -- opposed to colloid.
  
  
• (n.) One of the microscopic particles resembling crystals, consisting of protein matter, which occur in certain plant cells; -- called also protein crystal.