discoid
Example Sentences
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“The bracelets are made of glass beads, blue to blue-green in color and decorated with light-colored threads, alternating with large series of discoid copper alloy beads,” explained Inrap.
From Fox News
I had assumed that the pellets fired at protesters – like rubber or plastic bullets, were round discoid things.
From The Guardian
But more significantly, another joke at singer Seal’s expense was not about his race — it was about his FACE, which is scarred by a type of lupus called discoid lupus erythematous.
From New York Times
Researchers used high-speed cameras to study the movement of Blaberus discoidalis, otherwise known as the discoid cockroach, through an artificial obstacle course containing grass-like vertical beams with small spacing.
From Reuters
Friedman mentions a few less-common issues: a skin disease called discoid lupus, or an allergic reaction.
From Time
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