Resembling or similar to something enteric (intestinal); having characteristics like those of intestinal tissue or disease.
From 'enteric' + '-oid' (resembling). The '-oid' suffix comes from Greek 'eidos' (form or shape), creating adjectives meaning 'like' or 'resembling.'
The '-oid' suffix is incredibly useful in medicine and science—'android' (like a human), 'thyroid' (like a shield), 'asteroid' (like a star)—letting scientists describe things by what they resemble rather than what they are.
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