Medical Terminology / Unit 2 MedTerm 0107 short lesson, about 20 seconds
-oid: Resembling
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The idea
The suffix oid describes something resembling, but not identical to, what its root identifies.
In practice
A lipoid substance resembles fat.
Where people slip
Oid signals likeness, so it always leaves open that the thing is something else.
Your place on the trail
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