What's the difference between medusan and medusoid?

Medusan

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(a.) Like a medusa; having the fundamental structure of a medusa, but without a locomotive disk; -- said of the sessile gonophores of hydroids.
(n.) A sessile gonophore. See Illust. under Gonosome.

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(1) We investigated a case of maxillary sinus infection caused by the medusoid mutant of the basidiomycetous fungus Schizophyllum commune.
(2) The strobila, specificially the ephyra, is a mixture of both polypoid and medusoid response types.
(3) Perhaps in the stem lineage of the Bilateria a hydroid-like or medusoid-like ancestor fell over on one side onto a substrate (pleurothetism).
(4) Distinct patterns identified in the order of frequency are adenoid (six), solid (three), and medusoid (two).
(5) Therefore, the ephyra is a mixture of polypoid and medusoid behaviors.
(6) Hyalinized connective tissue and clear cells reminiscent of hair follicle glassy membranes and outer root sheath were present in a solid and the medusoid tumors.
(7) Morphologies of both typical and medusoid forms of S. commune were determined.
(8) Swimming in the ephyra is a medusoid behavior but feeding and spasm are coordinated by the DNN and are polypoid responses.