MEANING
Resembling a fungus, or associated with or caused by fungi.
Use it for
Growths replacing familiar tissue; mushroomlike bodily protrusions; unsettling organic proliferationUse resemblance to leave the organism's identity unresolved.
Words that belong together
- fungoid growth
- fungoid mass
- fungoid ulcer
On the page
A fungoid growth spread over the exposed implant.
The specimen's fungoid masses opened when the light changed.
She described the lesion as fungoid without claiming it was caused by a fungus.
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Word forms
- Base
- fungoid
Usage notes
Primary category: horror. A mushroomlike appearance does not prove a fungal cause; choose the intended sense explicitly. More specialized than fungal. Adjective; comparison: more fungoid, most fungoid. Derived/related family (not inflections): fungus (base noun), fungal (related adjective).
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