"teratoid" meaning in All languages combined

See teratoid on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈtɛɹ.ə.tɔɪd/ [Received-Pronunciation, US] Audio: en-us-teratoid.ogg Forms: more teratoid [comparative], most teratoid [superlative]
Etymology: From terato- + -oid. Etymology templates: {{confix|en|terato|oid}} terato- + -oid Head templates: {{en-adj}} teratoid (comparative more teratoid, superlative most teratoid)
  1. (genetics, medicine) Monster-like, exhibiting abnormal development. Categories (topical): Genetics, Medicine Synonyms (exhibiting abnormal development): abnormal, malformed, monstrous Translations (monster-like, exhibiting abnormal development): уродлив (urodliv) (Bulgarian), teratoidalny (Polish), monstrualny (Polish)
    Sense id: en-teratoid-en-adj-V87kfvop Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with terato-, English terms suffixed with -oid, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 56 25 19 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with terato-: 46 24 30 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -oid: 58 23 19 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 66 27 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 70 18 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 70 24 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 62 18 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 56 23 21 Topics: biology, genetics, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈtɛɹ.ə.tɔɪd/ [Received-Pronunciation, US] Audio: en-us-teratoid.ogg Forms: teratoids [plural]
Etymology: From terato- + -oid. Etymology templates: {{confix|en|terato|oid}} terato- + -oid Head templates: {{en-noun}} teratoid (plural teratoids)
  1. (medicine) An abnormal tumor similar to a teratoma. Categories (topical): Medicine Translations (an abnormal tumor): teratoid [masculine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-teratoid-en-noun-GL3C-NlF Topics: medicine, sciences Disambiguation of 'an abnormal tumor': 98 2
  2. (literature) A mutant. Categories (topical): Literature
    Sense id: en-teratoid-en-noun-BUJaoeDG Topics: literature, media, publishing
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: teratism, terato-, teratogen, teratogenic, teratology, teratoma

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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