The quality of being turbid, of losing transparency because of sediment or insoluble matter. [L. turbiditas, fr. turbidus, turbid]
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tur·bid·i·ty (tər-bidґĭ-te) cloudiness of a solution caused by the scattering of light by colloidal particles or by suspended precipitate or sediment.Medical dictionary. 2011.