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naevoid

naevoid adjective: resembling a naevus.

Adjective

naevoid (comparative more naevoid, superlative most naevoid)

  1. Resembling a naevus.
    • He thought the tumour was at first more nævoid in character, but that now it was a melanotic sarcoma.1897, The British Homoeopathic Review, volume 41, page 3
    Synonyms:
    naevose, naevous

Synonyms of naevoid

Forms of naevoid

comparativemore naevoid
superlativemost naevoid
alternative formnævoid
alternative formnevoid

Origin of naevoid

From naevus + -oid.

Questions about naevoid

What does naevoid mean?
Naevoid means resembling a naevus.
What part of speech is naevoid?
Naevoid is an adjective.

Words near naevoid in the dictionary

  1. naeves
  2. naevi
  3. Naevian
  4. Naevo
  5. naevogenesis
  6. naevoid
  7. naevomelanocyte
  8. naevomelanocytes
  9. naevomelanocytic
  10. Naevos
  11. naevose

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