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colloid suspension

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suspension /sus·pen·sion/ (sus-pen´shun)
1. a condition of temporary cessation, as of animation, of pain, or of any vital process.
2. attachment of an organ or other body part to a supporting structure, as of the uterus or bladder in the correction of a hernia or prolapse.
3. a liquid preparation consisting of solid particles dispersed throughout a liquid phase in which they are not soluble.

bladder neck suspension  any of various methods of surgical fixation of the urethrovesical junction area and bladder neck to restore the neck to a high retropubic position for relief of stress incontinence.
colloid suspension  a colloid system; see colloid (2). Sometimes used specifically for a sol in which the dispersed phase is solid and the particles are large enough to settle out of solution.

colloid suspension
Etymology: Gk, kolla, glue, eidos, form; L, suspendere, to hang
a system of solids dispersed in a liquid medium, with particles generally smaller than 100 nm.

suspension [sus-pen´shun]
1. temporary cessation, as of pain or a vital process.
2. a supporting from above, as in treatment where extremities are elevated with a traction device.
3. a preparation of a finely divided, undissolved substance dispersed in a liquid vehicle.
bladder neck suspension any of various methods of surgical fixation of the urethrovesical junction area and the bladder neck to restore the neck to a high retropubic position for relief of stress incontinence. Among numerous types of procedures are the Burch procedure and the Pereyra procedure. Called also colposuspension.
colloid suspension a colloid system; see colloid (def. 2). Sometimes used specifically for a sol in which the dispersed phase is solid and the particles are large enough to settle out of solution.

suspension
1. temporary cessation, as of pain or a vital process.
2. a supporting from above, as in treatment of spinal disorders.
3. a preparation of a finely divided, undissolved substance dispersed in a liquid vehicle.

colloid suspension
one in which the suspended particles are very small.


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