organoid

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adjective

Resembling an organ of the body.

OriginAncient Greek εἶδος (eîdos) ← Proto-Hellenic *wéidos ← Proto-Indo-European *wéydos →
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Meanings

adjectiveorganoid (comparative more organoid, superlative most organoid)

comparative more organoid · superlative most organoid

  1. Resembling an organ of the body.
nounorganoid (plural organoids)

plural organoids

  1. biologyAn organelle.
  2. biologyA mass of cells, either artificially grown in vitro to simulate an organ or an abnormal mass that resembles an organ in structural appearance or qualities, such as a tumour.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*werǵ-
  2. Ancient Greekὄργανον (órganon)
  3. Latinorganum
  4. Old Frenchorgane
  5. Middle Englishorgane
  6. Englishorgan
  7. Proto-Indo-European*weyd-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*wéydos
  9. Proto-Hellenic*wéidos
  10. Ancient Greekεἶδος (eîdos)
  11. Englishorganoid

From organ + -oid.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Giordanoorangoidgordoniarigadoon
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APA

organoid. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/organoid

MLA

“organoid.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/organoid. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “organoid,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/organoid.

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