epidermoid

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English

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Etymology

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From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting New Latin combining forms: epidermo- +‎ -oid.

Adjective

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epidermoid (not comparable)

  1. Similar to epidermal tissue but not histologically identical, or possibly not so (to the extent known by the pathologist so far).

Noun

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epidermoid (plural epidermoids)

  1. (pathology) An epidermoid cyst

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French épidermoïde.

Adjective

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epidermoid m or n (feminine singular epidermoidă, masculine plural epidermoizi, feminine and neuter plural epidermoide)

  1. (anatomy) epidermoid

Declension

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