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petechioid

petechioid adjective: resembling a petechia.

Adjective

petechioid (comparative more petechioid, superlative most petechioid)

  1. (dated) Resembling a petechia.

Forms of petechioid

comparativemore petechioid
superlativemost petechioid

Origin of petechioid

From petechia + -oid.

Questions about petechioid

What does petechioid mean?
Petechioid means resembling a petechia.
What part of speech is petechioid?
Petechioid is an adjective.

Words near petechioid in the dictionary

  1. petechial fever
  2. petechiate
  3. petechiated
  4. petechiation
  5. petechiations
  6. petechioid
  7. petedunnite
  8. peteman
  9. petemen
  10. peter
  11. Peter Funk

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