different between cricoid vs crinoid

English

Etymology

Borrowed rom New Latin crico?d?s, from Ancient Greek ?????????? (krikoeid?s, “ring-shaped, annular”), from ?????? (kríkos, “ring”) +? -????? (-eid?s, “-like, -oid”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k???.k??d/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?k?a??k??d/

Adjective

cricoid (not comparable)

1. (anatomy) Of, relating to, or being a cricoid cartilage.

   Synonym: cricoidal

Derived terms

• cricoid cartilage
• postcricoid
• precricoid
• supracricoid

Noun

cricoid (plural cricoids)

1. (anatomy) Ellipsis of cricoid cartilage.

Derived terms

• crico-
• cricoidal
• cricoidectomy

Translations

References

• “cricoid”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• “cricoid”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).

Anagrams

• circoid

Romanian

Etymology

From French cricoïde

Adjective

cricoid m or n (feminine singular cricoid?, masculine plural cricoizi, feminine and neuter plural cricoide)

1. cricoid

Declension

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????? (krínon, “lily”) +? -oid.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?k???n??d/, /?k??n??d/

Noun

crinoid (plural crinoids)

1. One of the numerous animals that make up the class Crinoidea; the feather stars or sea lilies.

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Adjective

crinoid (comparative more crinoid, superlative most crinoid)

1. Relating to or sharing the qualities and features of the class Crinoidea.
   • 1936, HP Lovecraft, ‘The Haunter of the Dark’:

     It was treasured and placed in its curious box by the crinoid things of Antarctica, salvaged from their ruins by the serpent-men of Valusia, and peered at aeons later in Lemuria by the first human beings.

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