English Explanatory Dictionary

colloidal silver

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. colloid consisting of silver particles suspended in liquid, originally used by doctors from the early 20th century until the 1940s (when antibiotics emerged) and then experiencing a revival from about 1990, when it was marketed with scientifically unsupported claims of it being an essential mineral supplement, or that it can prevent or treat numerous diseases

Word forms

colloidal silver colloidal silvers
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