See also: oid, OID, o.i.d., oíd, -óid, and öid

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    Learned borrowing from Latin -oīdēs, from Ancient Greek -ο-ειδής (-o-eidḗs) (the ο being the last vowel of the stem to which the suffix is attached); from εἶδος (eîdos, form, likeness).

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    -oid

    1. Resembling; having the likeness of (usually including the concept of not being the same despite the likeness, but counterexamples exist).
      human + ‎-oid → ‎humanoid
      sterol + ‎-oid → ‎steroid
    2. (less commonly) Of, pertaining to, or related to.
      lympho- + ‎-oid → ‎lymphoid
      myelo- + ‎-oid → ‎myeloid
    3. Added to nouns to create derogatory terms, typically referring to a particular ideology or group of people.
      waste + ‎-oid → ‎wastoid
      left + ‎-oid → ‎leftoid
      right + ‎-oid → ‎rightoid
    4. (category theory) Added typically to the name of an algebraic structure, to denote the horizontal categorification of that structure.
      group + ‎-oid → ‎groupoid
      ring + ‎-oid → ‎ringoid
      Lie algebra + ‎-oid → ‎Lie algebroid
      monoid + ‎-oid → ‎monoidoid

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    • “-oid” may be suffixed to nouns and adjectives to form nouns and adjectives.

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    Etymology

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    Borrowed from Latin -oīdēs, from Ancient Greek -οειδής (-oeidḗs), from εἶδος (eîdos).

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    -oid

    1. -oid (adjective or substantive)

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    Etymology

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      Derived from Ancient Greek -ειδής (-eidḗs).

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      • IPA(key): /ˈɔ.it/
      • Rhymes: -ɔit
      • Syllabification: [please specify syllabification manually]

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      -oid m

      1. -oid
        bakteria + ‎-oid → ‎bakteroid

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      Further reading

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      • -oid in Polish dictionaries at PWN