rhomboid /rhom·boid/ (rom´boid) [Gr. rhombos rhomb +-oid ] having a shape similar to a rectangle that has been skewed to one side so that the angles are oblique.
rhomboid
rhom·boid (r m boid ) or rhom·boi·dal (rm-boidl)adj. Resembling a parallelogram having unequal adjacent sides. |
rhomboid
[rom′boid]
Etymology: Gk, rhombos, rhombus, eidos, form
resembling the shape of an oblique equilateral parallelogram, as a rhomboid muscle.
rhomboid
shaped like a rectangle that has been skewed to one side so that the angles are oblique.
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