crystalloidal

Variant of crystalloid

adjective

  1. like a crystal
  2. having the nature of a crystalloid

Origin: crystall(o)- + -oid

noun

  1. a substance, usually crystallizable, which, when in solution, readily passes through vegetable and animal membranes
  2. a small crystalloid grain of protein found in some cells, seeds, etc.

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