- like a crab
- like cancer
Origin of cancroid
from Classical Latin cancer (gen. cancri), cancer + -oidcancroid
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cancroid
noun
A carcinoma.
adjective
- Relating to or resembling a carcinoma.
- Resembling a crab.
Origin of cancroid
Latin cancer cancr-; see canker. -oidTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Adjective
(comparative more cancroid, superlative most cancroid)
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