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colloid

1. a mixture having particles of one component, with diameters between 10--7 and 10--9 metres, suspended in a continuous phase of another component. The mixture has properties between those of a solution and a fine suspension FORMULA
2. Physiol a gelatinous substance of the thyroid follicles that holds the hormonal secretions of the thyroid gland
3. Pathol of or relating to the gluelike translucent material found in certain degenerating tissues
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colloid

[′käl‚ȯid]
(chemistry)
The phase of a colloidal system made up of particles having dimensions of 10-10,000 angstroms (1-1000 nanometers) and which is dispersed in a different phase.
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colloid

A gelatinous substance so finely divided that it remains in suspension when dispersed in a liquid.
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The fine needle cytology aspiration in four cases (False negative) diagnosed as nodular goiter with cystic degeneration consisted of straw colored fluid with foamy macrophages and abundant colloid were subsequently confirmed on histopathology as papillary carcinoma.
A change of colloid from hydroxyethyl starch to gelatin does not reduce rate of renal failure or mortality in surgical critical care patients: Results of a retrospective cohort study.
Out of 56 cases, colloid goitre was the most common pathology in 35.7% cases, hyperplasic nodule/ toxic nodule in 25% cases, Hashimoto thyroiditis in 17.8% cases, lymphocytic thyroiditis in 17.8% cases and subacute thyroiditis (De Quervain's thyroiditis) in 3.57% cases.
Colloid carcinoma can be confused with mucinous cystic neoplasm (MCN) or IPMN with invasive carcinomas due to its predominantly cystic imaging features.
Caption: Figure 6: Typical normalized transmittance in a cycle (T = 2 s) of the shutter for a sample of the stock colloid and a pump beam of 1 mW.
There has been a discussion with regards to the superiority of either microsurgical or endoscopic methods for the treatment of colloid cysts.1,2,5,6 The endoscopic approach requires a smaller opening and corticotomy, and arguably, offers much better visualization.
The density was set at 0.1 g/[cm.sup.3], and the initial model of colloid unit cell at the density of 0.1 obtained is shown in Figure 3.
Histological examination confirmed the diagnosis of hemorrhagic colloid cyst.
Colloid cysts are benign congenital tumors of the brain located in the anterosuperior part of the third ventricle comprising 1% of CNS tumors and occur in three individuals per million per year [1-4].
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