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hystricoid

hystricoid adjective: resembling the skin disease hystrix.

Adjective

hystricoid (comparative more hystricoid, superlative most hystricoid)

  1. (rare) Resembling the skin disease hystrix.
    • the warty outgrowths and more extensive keratoses of the hystricoid form1897, William Samuel Gottheil, Illustrated Skin Diseases: An Atlas and Text-book, page 243

Forms of hystricoid

comparativemore hystricoid
superlativemost hystricoid

Questions about hystricoid

What does hystricoid mean?
Hystricoid means resembling the skin disease hystrix.
What part of speech is hystricoid?
Hystricoid is an adjective.

Words near hystricoid in the dictionary

  1. hystricine
  2. hystricism
  3. hystricognath
  4. hystricognathous
  5. hystricognaths
  6. hystricoid
  7. hystricomorph
  8. hystricomorphous
  9. hystricomorphs
  10. hystricomorphy
  11. hystrix

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