- tactoid
- tac·toid
English syllables. 2014.
tactoid
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tactoid — tac·toid tak .tȯid n an elongated particle (as in a sickle cell, myosin, or fibrin) that appears as a spindle shaped body under a polarizing microscope * * * tac·toid (takґtoid) an elongated crystallike aggregation that appears spindle shaped… … Medical dictionary
tactoid — ˈtakˌtȯid noun ( s) Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary tact (from Greek taktos, verbal of tassein, tattein to arrange, order) + oid more at tactics : an elongated particle (as in vanadium pentoxide sol, tobacco mosaic virus … Useful english dictionary