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cancroid

adjectivenoun
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As an adjective, cancroid means resembling a crab. As a noun, it means any disease that resembles cancer.

Meanings of cancroid

6 meanings

adjective

  1. Resembling a crab

  2. Of or pertaining to cancer, especially to squamous cell carcinoma

  3. Of or relating to a cancroid

noun

  1. pathologyAny disease that resembles cancer

  2. Squamous cell carcinoma

  3. The most common form of skin cancer

    Similar: squamous cell carcinoma

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

Synonyms by meaning

noun: the most common form of skin cancer
squamous cell carcinoma

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