-ioid

短语

释义与例句

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  1. 1.

    Used to form an adjective meaning "resembling" from nouns ending in -ium/-ia.

    epithelium + -ioid → epithelioid (“resembling the epithelium”)

    hemophilia + -ioid → hemophilioid (“resembling hemophilia”)

    hernia + -ioid → hernioid (“resembling a hernia”)

词源

By surface analysis, -i(um) + -o- + -id and -i(a) + -o- + -id

来源：wiktionary