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Definition of Dispersoid
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Dispersoid
1. A colloidal solution in which the dispersed phase can be concentrated by centrifugation. Synonym: dispersion colloid, molecular dispersed solution. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dispersoid
Literary usage of Dispersoid
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Handbook of Colloid-chemistry: The Recognition of Colloids, the Theory of by Carl Wilhelm Wolfgang Ostwald, Wolfgang Ostwald, Emil Hatschek (1919)
"B. COMPLEX dispersoidS HAVING THE COMPOSITION LIQUID + SOLID (a) Influence of
Concentration on the State of the dispersoid as a Whole. ..."
2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1916)
"According to this theory the surface tension at the boundary of the dispersoid
particles is always positive and hence there is always a tendency for the ..."
3. Chemical Warfare by Amos Alfred Fries, Clarence Jay West (1921)
"The dispersoid Toxic Smoke Candle differs from the BM candle in that the toxic
container is not used. A mixture of smokeless powder and the toxic material ..."
4. Microbiology: A Text-book of Microörganisms, General and Applied by Charles E. Marshall (1921)
"... the particles are referred to as the disperse phase, the medium in which they
are found, the dispersion means and the solution as a whole, a dispersoid. ..."
5. Physiology and biochemistry in modern medicene by John James Rickard Macleod (1922)
"By changing the relative amounts of water and solid of which a colloidal solution
is composed, the nature of the dispersoid may be changed. ..."
6. An Introduction to Biophysics by David Burns (1921)
"The salt reduces the hydrophilic powers of the soap and so reduces the stability
of the dispersoid. This is a different phenomenon from the precipitation of ..."
7. The Physical Properties of Colloidal Solutions by Eli Franklin Burton (1916)
"Tolman, treating the colloid system as a special case of general dispersoid
systems, comes to the conclusion that, for equilibrium in any colloidal solution ..."
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