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teratoids

teratoids is the plural of teratoid.

Meaning of teratoid

Noun

teratoid (plural teratoids)

  1. An abnormal tumor similar to a teratoma.
    • In each of these divisions there are subdivisions, according as the parasite consists of a more or less recognisable fœtus, or only of a mass of fœtal tissue (teratomata, teratoids, dermoids).1903, Encyclopaedia Medica, volume 13, page 138
  2. A mutant.
    • I wanted to explore how at the launch of a new millennium many people were beginning to feel like teratoids in the global commodity exchange.2002, Lance Olsen, “Omniphage: Rock 'n' Roll and Avant-Pop Science Fiction”, in Edging Into the Future: Science Fiction and Contemporary Cultural Transformation, →ISBN, page 51

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Questions about teratoids

What is teratoids the plural of?
Teratoids is the plural of teratoid.

Words near teratoids in the dictionary

  1. teratogenics
  2. teratogenous
  3. teratogens
  4. teratogeny
  5. teratoid
  6. teratoids
  7. teratologic
  8. teratological
  9. teratologically
  10. teratologies
  11. teratologist

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