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histoid

[ his-toid ]

adjective

  1. Pathology. resembling normal tissue in structure.
  2. similar to or derived from one kind of tissue.


histoid

/ ˈɪɔɪ /

adjective

  1. resembling normal tissue
  2. composed of one kind of tissue
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of histoid1

First recorded in 1870–75; hist- + -oid
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The former consist of a single tissue, the histoid tumors; the latter of several tissues suggesting an organ, the organoid tumors; while still others, in which the number and grouping of tissues is so complex as to simulate systems of the body, even monstrosities, have received the term systematoid or teratoid tumors.

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