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Definition of Cancroid
1. Adjective. Of or relating to a cancroid.
2. Noun. The most common form of skin cancer.
Definition of Cancroid
1. a. Resembling a crab; pertaining to the Cancroidea, one of the families of crabs, including the genus Cancer.
Definition of Cancroid
1. Adjective. Resembling a crab ¹
2. Adjective. Of or pertaining to cancer, especially to squamous cell carcinoma ¹
3. Noun. (pathology) Any disease that resembles cancer ¹
4. Noun. Squamous cell carcinoma ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cancroid
1. a skin cancer [n -S]
Medical Definition of Cancroid
1. Synonym: cancriform. 2. Obsolete term for a malignant neoplasm that manifests a lesser degree of malignancy than that frequently observed with carcinoma or sarcoma. Origin: cancer + G. Eidos, resemblance (05 Mar 2000)