-oid, -oidal, -oidism, -odic
(Greek: a suffix; like, resembling, similar to, form)
ovomucoid
Egg white protein produced in tubular gland cells in the epithelium of the chicken (or bird) oviduct in response to progesterone or estrogen.
pachydermatoid
pachydermoid
paranoid
1. Relating to, characteristic of, or affected with paranoia.
2. Exhibiting or characterized by extreme and irrational fear or distrust of others: "He had a paranoid suspicion that government agents were listening to his phone calls."
parasitoid
paratyphoid
An acute infectious disease with symptoms and lesions resembling those of typhoid fever, though milder in character; associated with the presence of the paratyphoid organism of which at least three varieties (types A, B, and C) have been described.
peloid
1. Mudlike or similar to mud.
2. A therapeutic mud preparation; such as, that which is used in mud packs or mud baths.
peptoid
petaloid
Like a petal, similar to a petal.
phalloid
phleboid
1. Resembling a vein, venous.
2. Pertaining to or resembling a vein.
3. Containing many veins.
phycoid
phylloid
phytoid
piarachnoid
The two delicate layers of the meninges, the arachnoid mater and pia mater.
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