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discoid /dis·coid/ (dis´koid)
1. disk-shaped.
2. a dental instrument with a disklike or circular blade.
3. a disk-shaped dental excavator designed to remove the carious dentin of a decayed tooth.
Discoid.

dis·coid (dskoid) or dis·coi·dal (d-skoidl)
adj.
Shaped like or resembling a disk.

discoid (dis´koid),
n a carving instrument with a blade of circular form that has a cutting edge around the entire periphery.
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Disclosing solution.

discoid
1. disk-shaped.
2. a disk-like medicated tablet.

discoid lupus erythematosus
discoid meniscus
an abnormality of the meniscus, usually lateral, in the stifle joint, reported in dogs. Instead of being semilunar in shape it is discoid; the frequency, clinical significance and cause are unclear.

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Similar suspension structures in gold discoid beads from at least the seventeenth century to the present, as well as the symbolic resonance of the circular form across a spectrum of Akan visual culture, attest to the historical depth of such discoid forms within the region.
Guy and Hadgraft,[28] for example, demonstrated that corticosteroid enhanced healing in patients with discoid eczema and psoriasis, but only for 24 hours when the treated area was left uncovered.
 
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