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-oid definition

-oid (o̵id)

  1. like or resembling (something specified) crystalloid
  2. something resembling (something specified) celluloid, android

Etymology: Gr -o-eidēs < -o-, termination of preceding element + -eidēs, -oid < eidos, a form, shape < IE base *weid-, to see > idea, wise, L videre

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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