Definition of Cancroid

1. Adjective. Of or relating to a cancroid.

2. Noun. The most common form of skin cancer.

Exact synonyms: Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Generic synonyms: 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)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cancroid

cancerostatic
cancerous
cancerously
cancerousness
cancers
cancerweed
cancha
canchas
cancra
cancriform
cancrine
cancrinite
cancrinites
cancrisilite
cancrivorous
cancroid (current term)
cancroids
cancrum
cancrum oris
candela
candelabra
candelabralike
candelabras
candelabrum
candelabrums
candelas
candelilla
candelilla wax
candent
canderos

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