— oidioid , adj.
/oh id"ee euhm/ , n. , pl. oidia /oh id"ee euh/ . Mycol.
1. one of the conidia that are borne in chains by certain fungi.
2. (in certain fungi) a thin-walled spore derived from the fragmentation of a hypha into its component cells.
[ 1855-60; oi ( ón ) EGG (c. L ovum; see OO-) + -idium -IDIUM ]