Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or relating to squamous cell carcinoma.
- adjective Resembling a crab.
from The Century Dictionary.
- In pathology, of the nature of or resembling cancer.
- In zoology, same as
cancriform , 1. - noun In pathology: An epithelioma.
- noun An adenoma
- noun A keloid.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Zoöl.) Resembling a crab; pertaining to the
Cancroidea , one of the families of crabs, including the genus Cancer. - adjective Like a cancer.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Resembling a
crab - adjective Of or pertaining to
cancer , especially to squamous cell carcinoma - noun pathology Any
disease that resembles cancer - noun Squamous cell carcinoma
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of or relating to a cancroid
- noun the most common form of skin cancer
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Latin cancer, cancr-; see canker + –oid.]
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Examples
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The earliest opinion appears to have been that canker, as the name indicates, was of a cancerous or cancroid nature.
Diseases of the Horse's Foot Harry Caulton Reeks
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