a. [f. as prec.; see -OID.] Of the form or nature of cartilage.
1859. Todd, Cycl. Anat., V. 517/1. A cartilaginoid thickening of the periosteum.
1881. E. R. Lankester, in Jrnl. Microsc. Sc., Jan., 131. A homogeneous cartilaginoid substance.
