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discoid

adj
/ˈdɪs.kɔɪd/CA/ˈdɪs.koɪd/

Etymology

From disc + -oid.

  1. derived from δίσκος
  2. derived from discus
  3. borrowed from disque
  4. suffixed as discoid — “disc + oid”

Definitions

  1. Shaped like a disc/disk.

  2. Having only disk florets, without petal-like ray florets.

  3. A disk-shaped dental excavator designed to remove the carious dentin of a decayed tooth

The neighborhood

Derived

discoidal

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for discoid. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA