-oid, -oidal, -oidism, -odic
(Greek: a suffix; like, resembling, similar to, form)
keratoid
leptocephaloid
Resembling or having the shape of eel larvae.
leptoid
One of the living elongated thin-walled cells forming simple conducting tissue in bryophytes; a tubular cell in the stem of certain pteridophytes (ferns).
leukemoid (adjective) (not comparable)
Referring to something resembling leukaemia, but isn't: Stress, or an infection can cause a leukemoid condition which is not of a malignant character.
lipoid
lipoid, lipoidal, lipoidic, lipoidous
1. Fatlike; resembling fat; adipoid.
2. The former name for lipid, et al.
2. The former name for lipid, et al.
lipomatoid
Resembling a lipoma, frequently said of accumulations of adipose tissue that is not thought to be neoplastic.
lithoid
Like or similar to a stone; resembling a rock.
lithoidolatry
The worship of rock-like formations.
lupoid
A reference to or resembling lupus.
lyssoid
Resembling rabies; rabiform.
mammilloid
masculinoid
1. Like a masculine or like a male.
2. A male form or appearance.
3. Appearing to be like a male, or similar, to a male.
2. A male form or appearance.
3. Appearing to be like a male, or similar, to a male.
mastoid
The rounded protrusion of bone just behind the ear.
The mastoid was once thought to look like a breast; hence its name.
megallantoid
Having a large allantois; an animal so characterized.
