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discoid Definition


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disc
noun
    1. A flat thin circular object.
    2. Any disc-shaped recording medium, such as a record (noun 4), compact disc or video disc.
    3. anatomy.
      In the spine of vertebrates: a plate of fibrous tissue between two adjacent vertebrae. See also slipped disc.
    4. computing.
Derivative: discoid
adj
    Disc-shaped.
Etymology: 17c: from Greek diskos.




discoid
discoidal disc


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