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Definition of Algoid

1. Adjective. Of or resembling algae.

Definition of Algoid

1. a. Of the nature of, or resembling, an alga.

Definition of Algoid

1. Adjective. Resembling, or characteristic of algae ¹

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Definition of Algoid

1. resembling algae [adj] - See also: algae

Lexicographical Neighbors of Algoid

Literary usage of Algoid

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Zeitschrift für Parasitenkunde (1875)
"Description of two New algoid Vegetations, one of which appears to be the Specific Cause of Syphilis, and the other of Gonorrhoea*). ..."

2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1867)
"In all forms of rheumatism, the sweat, urine, and secretions are more or less acid, and the skin and mucous membranes are covered more or less with algoid ..."

3. The Insurance Cyclopáedia: Being a Dictionary of the Definition of Terms by Cornelius Walford (1873)
"In the cowpox only the algoid form appears. In typhoid fever the same writer has detected a peculiar ..."

4. Annual Register edited by Edmund Burke (1881)
"And these algoid forms may have other totally different modes of origin. The Alga called Nostoc is pro.. duced from the Lichen called Collema. ..."

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