Having fungoid characteristics; resembling or of the nature of fungus-like growth.
From fungoid + -al (adjectival suffix), creating a slightly more emphatic or formal version of fungoid. This variant appeared in medical terminology in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
'Fungoidal' is the medical term that sounds straight out of a horror movie—it describes weird, spreading growths that branch and spread like fungi invading tissue, which is exactly as creepy as it sounds.
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