-oid, -oidal, -oidism, -odic

(Greek: a suffix; like, resembling, similar to, form)

picoid

piloid

Resembling hair.

pithecoid

placoid

planetoid

planetoid, planetoidal

1. A branch of astronomy that studies the origin and composition of the planets and other solid bodies in the solar system such as comets and meteors; asteroid.
2. A body resembling a planet; a name sometimes given to the minor planets or asteroids.
3. Of or belonging to the astroids.

pleurotyphoid

Typhoid fever in which the early stage is masked by the physical signs of pleurisy.

ploidy

polaroid™

polyploid

Having more than twice the basic number of chromosomes.

polyploidy

The chromosomal constitution of a cell containing multiples of the normal number of chromosomes.

poroid, poral

A description of mushrooms that form pores rather than gills.

psylloid

Similar to or like a flea.

pteridoid

pteroid

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