histioid
|his-ti-oid|
/ˈhɪs.ti.ɔɪd/
tissue-like; resembling histiocytes
Etymology
'histioid' originates from Neo-Latin/Modern formation, from Greek 'histos' meaning 'tissue' plus the suffix '-oid' meaning 'resembling'.
'histioid' was formed in medical/Neo-Latin usage by combining Greek elements ('histos' + '-oid') and entered English in technical pathology vocabulary in the 19th–20th century.
Initially, the components meant 'tissue' + 'resembling', and over time the term came to be used specifically in pathology to mean 'resembling histiocytes' or 'tissue-cell–like' in descriptive diagnoses.
Meanings by Part of Speech
Adjective 1
resembling or characteristic of histiocytes (tissue macrophage-like cells) or of tissue; used especially in pathology to describe cells or tumors that look like histiocytes.
The biopsy showed a histioid pattern, with cells resembling histiocytes.
Synonyms
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