See Also: Colloids(medicine)

phoenicopter (iou) and Colloids (medicine)


phoenicopter (iou)



phoenicopter noun. L16.
[Latin phoenicopterus from Greek phoinikopteros (as noun) flamingo, (as adjective) red-feathered, from phoinik-, phoinix crimson + pteron feather.]
The greater flamingo, Phoenicopterus ruber.

Colloids (medicine)


colloids


Two-phase systems in which one is uniformly dispersed in another as particles small enough so they cannot be filtered or will not settle out. The dispersing or continuous phase or medium envelops the particles of the discontinuous phase. All three states of matter can form colloids among each Other.