-oid
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-oid
Resemblance to, equivalent to Eng. -form.
[G. eidos, form, resemblance]
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-oid
Combining form meaning resemblance to, equivalent to Eng. -form, like.
[G. eidos, form, resemblance]
Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012
-oid
Suffix denoting like.Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005
-oid
suffix denoting shape, form, bearing resemblance to, etc, for example NUCLEOID.Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005