-oid, -oidal, -oidism, -odic

(Greek: a suffix; like, resembling, similar to, form)

megatherioid
Resembling a megatherium.
megazooid (s) (noun), megazooids (pl)
A comparatively large stalked organism, normally vegetative, of specific ciliates: A megazooid can be a Vorticella with bell-shaped ciliates.
melanoid
meniscoid (adjective), more meniscoid, most meniscoid
Like or similar to a crescent-shaped fibrous cartilage between the bones at certain closures; especially, at the knees: There are a number of meniscoid disks that are located in several connections in the body; including, the knee joints, wrist joints, and jaw joints.
mesozooid (s) (noun), mesozooids (pl)
A marine parasite of the phylum Mesozoa: A mesozooid is a kind of bryozoan heterozooid that makes slim and narrow tubes called "mesozoopecia" or "mesopores" which are subdivided internally by various tightly spaced diaphragms that reveal minute polygonal openings.
meteoroid
1. A body moving through space, of the same nature as those which when passing through the atmosphere become visible as meteors.
2. One of the many small bodies in the solar system that become meteors on entering the earth’s atmosphere.
micrallantoid
Having a small allantois; an animal so characterized.
mixoploid, poikiloploid
1. An organism having an unequal number of chromosome sets in adjacent cells or tissues.
2. Referring to an organism containing two or more populations of cells that differ in chromosome number.
Mongoloid
mucilloid
1. A mucilaginous preparation.
2. A thick, sticky, glue-like preparation resembling mucilage.
mucinoid
Resembling mucin or mucus present in saliva and bile, in salivary glands, and in the skin, connective tissues, tendon, and cartilage.
mucoid
1. Resembling, or like, mucus.
2. Similar to, or having the characteristics, of mucus.
3. Any of a group of glycoproteins, differing from true mucins in their solubilities and precipitation properties (insoluble solid substances that form from chemical reactions between solutions).
mycetoid
mycoid
Similar to or like fungus or fungi.
myeloid

Inter-related cross references, directly or indirectly, involving word units dealing with "form, shape, appearance": eido-; figur-; form-; icono-; ideo-; imag-; morpho-; typo-.