Medical Term:
zooid
Pronunciation: zō′oyd
Definition:
- Resembling an animal; an organism or object with an animalian appearance.
- An animal cell capable of independent existence or movement ovum or a spermatozoon, segment of a tapeworm.
- An individual of a colonial invertebrate, such as coral.
[G. zoōdēs, fr. zōon, animal, + eidos, resemblance]
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Examples: glitazone, GI cocktail, etc.
