pagetoid

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adjective

Exhibiting an upward spread of melanocytes into the epidermis.

“pagetoid Bowen's disease”

Scrabble 12

Meanings

adjectivepagetoid (comparative more pagetoid, superlative most pagetoid)

comparative more pagetoid · superlative most pagetoid

  1. dermatologyExhibiting an upward spread of melanocytes into the epidermis.

    pagetoid Bowen's disease

Origin

From Paget + -oid, with reference to seeming like Paget's disease, after Sir James Paget (1814–1899); morphologically parallel with other examples such as parkinsonoid.

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APA

pagetoid. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pagetoid

MLA

“pagetoid.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pagetoid. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pagetoid,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pagetoid.

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