crystalloidaladj.
/ˈkrɪstəlɔɪdl/, /ˈkrɪstl̩ɔɪdl/, U.S. /ˈkrɪstəˌlɔɪd(ə)l/ Chemistry.
= crystalloid adj. 2.
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crystalloidal1841
1841 Edinb. New Philos. Jrnl. 30 360 Crystals neither exist nor can exist without a previous mechanical crystalloidal deposition of particles.
1861 T. Graham in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 151 184 The colloidal is, in fact, a dynamical state of matter, the crystalloidal being the statical condition.
1876 R. Bartholow Pract. Treat. Materia Med. ii. 379 The active substance, being crystalloidal, diffuses into the blood with facility.
1956 A. C. Guyton Textbk. Med. Physiol. xxvi. 304/2 If the sodium chloride solution is isotonic with the body fluids..it does not increase or decrease the crystalloidal osmotic pressure of the extracellular fluid.
2003 C. N. Sawyer et al. Chem. Environmental Engin. & Sci. (ed. 5) vii. 369 The colloidal and crystalloidal materials are forced into a more and more concentrated condition.
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