crystalloid
noun
- A transient, cytoplasmic organelle found in Plasmodium species that resembles a cytoplasmic inclusion body and whose function is poorly understood. Crystalloids form in ookinetes and disappear after ookinete-to-oocyst transformation.
Wiktionary
adj
Etymology: From crystal + -oid.
- Crystal-like; transparent like crystal, or shaped like a crystal.
noun
Etymology: From crystal + -oid.
- Any substance that can be crystallized from solution; a water-soluble crystalline substance that can diffuse through a semipermeable membrane, as opposed to a colloid which cannot.
- One of the microscopic particles resembling crystals, consisting of protein matter, which occur in certain plant cells.