cancroid

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English

Alternative forms

Adjective

cancroid (comparative more cancroid, superlative most cancroid)

  1. (evolutionary theory, zoology) Resembling a crab
  2. (medicine, oncology, pathology) Of or pertaining to cancer, especially to squamous cell carcinoma

Noun

cancroid (plural cancroids)

  1. (pathology) Any disease that resembles cancer
  2. Squamous cell carcinoma

Anagrams

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French cancroïde.

Noun

cancroid n (uncountable)

  1. cancroid

Declension

singular only indefinite definite
nominative-accusative cancroid cancroidul
genitive-dative cancroid cancroidului
vocative cancroidule