different between allantoid vs allantoin

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Ancient Greek ???????????? (allantoeid?s, “sausage-shaped”), from ????? (allás, “sausage”).

allantoid (comparative more allantoid, superlative most allantoid)

(mycology) Sausage-shaped. Often used to describe spores that are long with rounded ends.

allantoid (plural allantoids)

allantois +? -in; this substance concentrates in the allantois during development in most mammals.

allantoin (plural allantoins)

(biochemistry) A diureide of glyoxylic acid, used in various pharmaceutical and cosmetic products; or a derivative of this compound

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