cylindroid

cylindroid
SYN: false cast. [G. kylindrodes, fr. kylindros, roll, cylinder, + eidos, appearance]

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cyl·in·droid 'sil-ən-.drȯid, sə-'lin- n a spurious or mucous urinary cast that resembles a hyaline cast but has one tapered, stringy, twisted end
cylindroid adj shaped somewhat like a cylinder <the esophagus is more or less \cylindroid (J. T. Lucker)>

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cyl·in·droid (silґin-droid) [Gr. kylindroeidēs cylindrical] 3. resembling, or shaped like, a cylinder. 4. a urinary cast of irregular shape, resembling a hyaline cast but differing by having a slender tapering tail that may be twisted or curled upon itself.

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