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Cancroid

Cancroid \Can"croid\, a. [Cancer + oid.]

  1. (Zo["o]l.) Resembling a crab; pertaining to the Cancroidea, one of the families of crabs, including the genus Cancer.

  2. Like a cancer; as, a cancroid tumor.

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cancroid

a. 1 Resembling a crab 2 Of or pertaining to cancer, especially to squamous cell carcinoma n. 1 (context pathology English) Any disease that resembles cancer 2 Squamous cell carcinoma

WordNet
cancroid

  1. adj. of or relating to a cancroid

  2. n. the most common form of skin cancer [syn: squamous cell carcinoma]