CANCROID Definition & Meaning

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cancroid

[ kang-kroid ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

Pathology. resembling a cancer, as certain tumors.
Zoology. resembling a crab.

noun

Pathology. a form of cancer of the skin.

cancroid

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adjective

resembling a cancerous growth
resembling a crab

noun

a skin cancer, esp one of only moderate malignancy

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Origin of cancroid¹

1820–30; < Latin cancr- (stem of cancer ) cancer + -oid

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This form of epithelioma is called rodent ulcer, flat epithelioma or cancroid and sometimes does little harm for many years, but should receive the attention of a physician familiar with cancer and its eradication.

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The earliest opinion appears to have been that canker, as the name indicates, was of a cancerous or cancroid nature.

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