A colloidal solution in which the disperse particles are solid and lyophobe or hydrophobe, and are therefore sharply demarcated from the fluid in which they are suspended. ... Synonym: hydrophobic colloid, lyophobic colloid, suspension colloid. ... Origin: suspension + G. Eidos, resemblance ... (05 Mar 2000) ... 
(sәs-pen´soid) lyophobic colloid.
a mixture consisting of finely divided colloidal particles floating in a liquid. The particles are so small that they do not settle but are kept in motion by the moving molecules of the liquid (Brownian movement). 
Type: Term Pronunciation: sŭs-pen′soyd Definitions: 1. A colloidal solution in which the dispersed particles are solid and lyophobic or hydrophobic and are therefore sharply demarcated from the fluid in which they are suspended. Synonyms: hydrophobic colloid, lyophobic colloid, suspension colloid
a substance dispersed throughout another substance; also called suspended phase.
a sol having a solid disperse phase. Cf.