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colloidal

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Editorial note

While most view colloidal silver as quackery, the fact is that using silver in colloidal form along with other medicine administered at the same time, was standard practice 80 years ago.

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Quick take

(physical chemistry) Of, pertaining to, or consisting of a colloid.

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adjective

(physical chemistry) Of, pertaining to, or consisting of a colloid.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for colloidal.

adjective

(physical chemistry) Of, pertaining to, or consisting of a colloid.

Example sentences

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While most view colloidal silver as quackery, the fact is that using silver in colloidal form along with other medicine administered at the same time, was standard practice 80 years ago.

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The high surface area of colloidal silver means that plenty of it is exposed to oxygen in a highly-reactive surface.

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My wife has used colloidal silver gel on burns (she's a nurse) and it's an incredible anti-bacterial agent.

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Drinking colloidal silver killed my amoebic dysentery - a rather horrible strain from drinking Egyptian water - within a day.

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This mechanism could be a nifty low-power basis for a color display technology, kind of like a colloidal version of Mirasol.

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One of my labmates from grad school did colloidal quantum dot synthesis, and he regularly cursed Ostwald and his infernal ripening.

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It is injected in a colloidal solution that can be tracked as a beta emitter as it passes through the body.

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Lots of people are advocating colloidal silver to treat Ebola virus disease right now.

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BTW, I have read the advocacy of colloidal silver and the damage it does - I think those guys are nuts.

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I used to see, in Sky Mall magazine, a colloidal silver injector that would spray through the skin to treat dermal infections.

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Plant derived colloidal minerals may be used orally thereafter.

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Sorry...what does colloidal silver have to do with it?

Quote examples

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As far as colloidal caves, you should check out The "get lamp" documentary.

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How do you use colloidal in a sentence?

While most view colloidal silver as quackery, the fact is that using silver in colloidal form along with other medicine administered at the same time, was standard practice 80 years ago.

What does colloidal mean?

(physical chemistry) Of, pertaining to, or consisting of a colloid.

What part of speech is colloidal?

colloidal is commonly used as adjective.