adj
Meaning 1
Pertaining to a bundle.
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Usage: not-comparable
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desmoid
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adj
Meaning 2
Fibrous; having closely interwoven fibres in bundles.
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Usage: not-comparable
Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
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adj
Meaning 3
Resembling, or having the characteristics of, a ligament or fibre; ligamentous, fibrous.
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Usage: not-comparable
Topics: medicine, sciences
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noun
Meaning 4
A fibrous tumour.
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History
Etymology
From Ancient Greek δεσμός (desmós, “chain, bundle”) + -oid.
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Translations
1 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- French: desmoïde — medicine