| AMYLOID | • amyloid n. A waxy compound of protein and polysaccharides that is found deposited in tissues in amyloidosis. • amyloid n. Any of various starchlike substances. • amyloid adj. Containing or resembling starch. |
| CHELOID | • cheloid n. Dated form of keloid. • CHELOID n. a hard growth of scar tissue, also KELOID. |
| COLLOID | • colloid adj. Glue-like; gelatinous. • colloid n. (Chemistry) A stable system of two phases, one of which is dispersed in the other in the form of very… • colloid n. (Meteorology) An intimate mixture of two substances, one of which, called the dispersed phase (or colloid)… |
| CYCLOID | • cycloid n. (Geometry) The locus of a point on the circumference of a circle that rolls without slipping on a fixed straight line. • cycloid n. (Zoology) A fish having cycloid scales. • cycloid adj. Resembling a circle; cycloidal. |
| DIPLOID | • diploid adj. (Genetics) Of a cell, having a pair of each type of chromosome, one of the pair being derived from the… • diploid adj. (Genetics) Of an organism, having diploid cells. • diploid adj. (Crystallography) Of a certain symmetry class with 24 congruent irregular quadrilateral faces. |
| EUPLOID | • euploid adj. Of or pertaining to euploidy. • euploid n. Any organism having a chromosome number that is an exact multiple of the haploid number for the species. • EUPLOID adj. having a chromosome complement that is an exact multiple of the haploid. |
| HAPLOID | • haploid adj. (Genetics) Having a single set of unpaired chromosomes. • haploid n. A cell which is haploid. • haploid n. An organism, such as a fungus, with haploid cells. |
| HYALOID | • hyaloid adj. Transparent or glassy. • hyaloid n. (Anatomy) The hyaloid membrane. • HYALOID n. a thin transparent membrane enclosing the vitreous humour of the eye. |
| MYELOID | • myeloid adj. (Hematology) Of or pertaining to bone marrow. • myeloid adj. (Less commonly used) Of or pertaining to the spinal cord. • myeloid n. Such a stem cell. |
| OCELOID | • oceloid adj. (Zoology) Resembling the ocelot. • OCELOID adj. resembling the ocelot. |
| SIALOID | • SIALOID adj. like saliva. |
| STYLOID | • styloid adj. Resembling a stylus or pen. • styloid adj. (Anatomy) Of or pertaining to the styloid process. • styloid n. (Anatomy) Ellipsis of styloid process.. |
| TABLOID | • tabloid n. (Publishing) A newspaper having pages half the dimensions of the standard format. • tabloid n. (Publishing) A newspaper, especially one in this format, that favours stories of a sensational or even… • tabloid n. (Medicine, obsolete) A compressed portion of drugs, chemicals, etc.; a tablet. |