A Colloid
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<li class="css-2oywg7 e10vl5dg5" value="1"><span class="css-9sn2pa e10vl5dg6"><span class="luna-labset"><span class="luna-label italic"><span class="one-click" data-term="physical">Physical</span> <span class="one-click" data-term="chemistry">Chemistry</span></span></span>. </span><span class="css-9sn2pa e10vl5dg6">a <span class="one-click" data-term="substance">substance</span> <span class="one-click" data-term="made">made</span> up of a <span class="one-click" data-term="system">system</span> of <span class="one-click" data-term="particles">particles</span> <span class="one-click" data-term="with">with</span> <span class="one-click" data-term="linear">linear</span> <span class="one-click" data-term="dimensions">dimensions</span> in <span class="one-click" data-term="the">the</span> <span class="one-click" data-term="range">range</span> of<span class="one-click" data-term="about">about</span> 10<span class="superscript">−7</span> to 5 × 10<span class="superscript">−5</span> cm <span class="one-click" data-term="dispersed">dispersed</span> in a <span class="one-click" data-term="continuous">continuous</span> <span class="one-click" data-term="gaseous">gaseous,</span> <span class="one-click" data-term="liquid">liquid,</span> or <span class="one-click" data-term="solid">solid</span> <span class="one-click" data-term="medium">medium</span> <span class="one-click" data-term="whose">whose</span> <span class="one-click" data-term="properties">properties</span><span class="one-click" data-term="depend">depend</span> on <span class="one-click" data-term="the">the</span> <span class="one-click" data-term="large">large</span> <span class="one-click" data-term="specific">specific</span> <span class="one-click" data-term="surface">surface</span> <span class="one-click" data-term="area">area.</span> <span class="one-click" data-term="the">The</span> <span class="one-click" data-term="particles">particles</span> <span class="one-click" data-term="can">can</span> be <span class="one-click" data-term="large">large</span> <span class="one-click" data-term="molecules">molecules</span> <span class="one-click" data-term="like">like</span> <span class="one-click" data-term="proteins">proteins,</span> or <span class="one-click" data-term="solid">solid,</span><span class="one-click" data-term="liquid">liquid,</span> or <span class="one-click" data-term="gaseous">gaseous</span> <span class="one-click" data-term="aggregates">aggregates</span> <span class="one-click" data-term="and">and</span> <span class="one-click" data-term="they">they</span> <span class="one-click" data-term="remain">remain</span> <span class="one-click" data-term="dispersed">dispersed</span> <span class="one-click" data-term="indefinitely">indefinitely.</span></span><span class="css-10rk44a e10vl5dg7"><span class="one-click" data-term="compare">Compare</span> <a class="luna-xref" href="https://dictionary.com/browse/aerosol" data-linkid="nn1ov4">aerosol</a>, <a class="luna-xref" href="https://dictionary.com/browse/emulsion" data-linkid="nn1ov4">emulsion</a>, <a class="luna-xref" href="https://dictionary.com/browse/gel" data-linkid="nn1ov4">gel</a>,<a class="luna-xref" href="https://dictionary.com/browse/sol" data-linkid="nn1ov4">sol<sup>4</sup></a>, <a class="luna-xref" href="https://dictionary.com/browse/suspension" data-linkid="nn1ov4">suspension</a>.</span></li>
<li class="css-2oywg7 e10vl5dg5" value="2"><span class="css-9sn2pa e10vl5dg6"><span class="luna-labset"><span class="luna-label italic"><span class="one-click" data-term="medicine/medical">Medicine/Medical</span></span></span>. </span><span class="css-9sn2pa e10vl5dg6">a <a class="luna-xref" href="https://dictionary.com/browse/colloidal" data-linkid="nn1ov4">colloidal</a> <span class="one-click" data-term="substance">substance</span> in <span class="one-click" data-term="the">the</span> <span class="one-click" data-term="body">body,</span> as a <span class="one-click" data-term="stored">stored</span> <span class="one-click" data-term="secretion">secretion</span> or a <span class="one-click" data-term="cyst">cyst.</span></span></li>
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