gel-, gela-, gelati-, gelatino-, geli-, gelo- +

(Latin: to freeze; frosting; then, to congeal; and finally: gelatin)

Later it came to mean "to congeal"; having to do with "congealing" or with "gelatin, a protein derived from the partial hydrolysis of animal skin, connective tissue, and bone".

Don't confuse words from this Latin element with those from Greek gelo-, geloto-, meaning "laugh, laughing, laughter".

gelatinoid

Pertaining to or resembling gelatin; jellylike, gelatinous.

gelatinolytic

Dissolving or splitting up gelatin.

gelatinosa

Gelatinous; said of portion of the nervous system.

gelatinous

1. Having a gelatinlike consistency that varies with moisture conditions; often a reference to a layer or part of a fungus.
2. Pertaining to or resembling gelatin; jellylike.
3. Of or pertaining to or characteristic of gelatin.

gelatinousness

1. The property of having a viscosity like jelly.
2. Resembling gelatin; viscous.
3. Of, relating to, or containing gelatin.

gelatin sponge

A sheet of gelatin, prepared to decrease or stop bleeding when applied to a raw surface.

gelation

1. Solidification by cold, freezing.
2. The process of gel formation.
3. The change of a colloid from a sol to a gel.
4. The process of becoming solid by cooling; a cooling and solidifying.

gelato (s), gelati (pl)

1. An Italian ice cream made from milk, gelatin, sugar, and fruit.
2. A rich ice cream, made with eggs and usually containing a relatively low percentage of butterfat.

gelato-ology, gelatoology

1. An Italian ice cream with almost no air and thereby denser than other ice creams.
2. The scientific study of the art, taste, and texture of gelato; in this case, an Italian ice cream or "ice".

gelatose

An intermediate product in the hydrolysis of gelatin.

gelatripsy (not, gelotripsy)

The massaging (rubbing) away of indurated swellings.

gelicole, gelicolous

Living in geloid soils having a crystalloid content of between 0.2 and 0.5 parts per thousand.

Geloid soil is characterized by low salt content, weak solutions, strokng colloidal properties and a crystalloid content of less than 0.5 parts per thousand.

gelid, gilidness

1. Very cold; icy.
2. Freezing, frosty.

gelidity

The state of being gelid or very cold as a result of being in a cold environment.

gelidly

Very cold; icy.

Related cold, frost; freezing units of words: algid-; cheimo-, chimo-; crymo-, krymo-; cryo-, kryo-; frigo-; pago-; psychro-; rhigo-.