discoid

From disc +‎ -oid.

• (UK, US, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈdɪs.kɔɪd/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈdɪs.koɪd/
• Rhymes: -ɪskɔɪd

discoid (comparative more discoid, superlative most discoid)

1. Shaped like a disc/disk.
2. (botany, of a capitulum) Having only disk florets, without petal-like ray florets.

• discal (in its matching sense)

• disco-
• disko-

discoid (plural discoids)

1. (dentistry) A disk-shaped dental excavator designed to remove the carious dentin of a decayed tooth

• disodic

Borrowed from French discoïde.

discoid m or n (feminine singular discoidă, masculine plural discoizi, feminine and neuter plural discoide)

1. discoid