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Desmoid vs Desmid - What's the difference?

desmoid | desmid |

As nouns the difference between desmoid and desmid

is that desmoid is a desmoid tumour while desmid is any of about 5000 species of mostly unicellular freshwater green algae belonging to the order desmidiales.

As an adjective desmoid

is pertaining to a bundle.

desmoid

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Pertaining to a bundle.
  • (pathology) Fibrous; having closely interwoven fibres in bundles.
  • (medicine) Resembling, or having the characteristics of, a ligament or fibre; ligamentous, fibrous.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A desmoid tumour.

    • Anagrams

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    desmid

    English

    (Desmidiales)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of about 5000 species of mostly unicellular freshwater green algae belonging to the order Desmidiales.
  • * 1981', Alan J. Brook, ''The Biology of Desmids'', University of California Press, ''Botanical Monographs'' ' 16 , page 1
    • Desmids , which are exclusively freshwater algae, are so named because the first of these green microorganisms to be described were thought to be pairs of cells joined together, and the Greek word 'desmos' means a bond or chain.

    Related terms

    * desmidian

    See also

    * (Desmidiales)