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reticuloid

/ɹɪˈtɪkjʊlɔɪd/

reticuloid adjective: resembling or suggestive of, but not, a reticulum; that is, not reticulate or reticular but seeming so.

Adjective

reticuloid (comparative more reticuloid, superlative most reticuloid)

  1. Resembling or suggestive of, but not, a reticulum; that is, not reticulate or reticular but seeming so.
    • Formal generic pollen descriptions are provided for each of these genera. Study of the pollen of these two genera reveals that they possess a number of similar palynological features, including sulcate apertures, reticuloid to reticulate exine sculpturing that sometimes consists of banded or beaded...1979, James W. Walker, Audrey G. Walker, “Comparative pollen morphology of the American myristicaceous genera Compsoneura and Virola”, in Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden, volume 66, number 4...
  2. Resembling or suggestive of, but not, reticulosis; that is, not leukemic or lymphomatous but seeming so.

Noun

reticuloid (uncountable)

  1. A type of dermatitis resembling reticulosis but of different cause and character, usually actinic (caused by UV rays, usually from extensive sun exposure).
    • actinic reticuloid
    • Chronic actinic dermatitis/actinic reticuloid (CAD/AR) is an eczematous hypersensitivity reaction to ultraviolet rays that can vary from mild eczematous cases to AR, the most severe cases which may resemble cutaneous T-cell lymphoma.2014, Michael Sidiropoulos, Janyana Deonizio, M Estela Martinez-Escala, Pedram Gerami, Joan Guitart, “Chronic actinic dermatitis/actinic reticuloid: a clinicopathologic and immunohistochemical...

Forms of reticuloid

comparativemore reticuloid
superlativemost reticuloid

Origin of reticuloid

From reticulum + -oid; the noun sense is a nominalization of the adjective sense.

Questions about reticuloid

What does reticuloid mean?
Reticuloid means resembling or suggestive of, but not, a reticulum; that is, not reticulate or reticular but seeming so.
What part of speech is reticuloid?
Reticuloid can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce reticuloid?
Reticuloid is pronounced /ɹɪˈtɪkjʊlɔɪd/.

Words near reticuloid in the dictionary

  1. reticulohistiocytic
  2. reticulohistiocytoma
  3. reticulohistiocytomas
  4. reticulohistiocytoses
  5. reticulohistiocytosis
  6. reticuloid
  7. reticulolysate
  8. reticulolysates
  9. reticulon
  10. reticulonodular
  11. reticulons

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