A colloidal solution in which the dispersed particles are solid and lyophobe or hydrophobe and are therefore sharply demarcated from the fluid in which they are suspended. SYN: hydrophobic colloid, lyophobic colloid, suspension colloid. [suspension + G. eidos, resemblance]
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1) a colloidal system in which the dispersed particles are solid
2) a lyophobic sol
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sus·pen·soid (səs-penґsoid) lyophobic colloid.Medical dictionary. 2011.