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gelatinoid

gelatinoid adjective: resembling gelatin; gelatinous.

Adjective

gelatinoid (comparative more gelatinoid, superlative most gelatinoid)

  1. Resembling gelatin; gelatinous.

Noun

gelatinoid (plural gelatinoids)

  1. Any of a class of proteins found mainly in connective tissue, such as collagen and ossein.

Forms of gelatinoid

Adjective
comparativemore gelatinoid
superlativemost gelatinoid
Noun
pluralgelatinoids

Origin of gelatinoid

From gelatin + -oid.

Questions about gelatinoid

What does gelatinoid mean?
Gelatinoid means resembling gelatin; gelatinous.
What part of speech is gelatinoid?
Gelatinoid can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near gelatinoid in the dictionary

  1. gelatinizing
  2. gelatinlike
  3. gelatino-
  4. gelatinogram
  5. gelatinograms
  6. gelatinoid
  7. gelatinoids
  8. gelatinolysis
  9. gelatinolytic
  10. gelatinose
  11. gelatinous

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