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retinoid

retinoid adjective: pertaining to or resembling a resin.

Adjective

retinoid (comparative more retinoid, superlative most retinoid)

  1. (obsolete, rare) Pertaining to or resembling a resin.

Noun

retinoid (plural retinoids)

  1. Any of a class of compounds whose structure or effects on the body resemble retinol (vitamin A).
    • Tests on the two retinoids, combined with computer modelling, showed that the compounds killed not only normal MRSA cells, but dormant, or “persister”, cells too.2018 March 28, Ian Sample, The Guardian

retinoid meaning in Tamil

retinoid in Tamil

விழித்திரையுருவன்ன

Forms of retinoid

Adjective
comparativemore retinoid
superlativemost retinoid
Noun
pluralretinoids

Origin of retinoid

From Ancient Greek ῥητίνη (rhētínē, “resin”) + -oid.

From retin(ol) + -oid.

Words formed from retinoid

Questions about retinoid

What does retinoid mean?
Retinoid means pertaining to or resembling a resin.
What is retinoid in Tamil?
Retinoid in Tamil is விழித்திரையுருவன்ன. See Retinoid meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is retinoid?
Retinoid can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near retinoid in the dictionary

  1. retinography
  2. retinohypothalamic
  3. retinoic
  4. retinoic acid
  5. retinoic acid syndrome
  6. retinoid
  7. retinoids
  8. retinol
  9. retinol burn
  10. retinological
  11. retinologist

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Adapted from Wiktionary: retinoid (page history and authors); retinoid (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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