cancroid

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can⋅croid

[kang-kroid]

–adjective

1.	Pathology. resembling a cancer, as certain tumors.

2.	Zoology. resembling a crab.

–noun

3.	Pathology. a form of cancer of the skin.

Origin:
1820–30; < L cancr- (s. of cancer) cancer + -oid

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can·croid (kāng'kroid')

n. See squamous cell carcinoma.
adj.

Of or relating to squamous cell carcinoma.
Resembling a crab.

[Latin cancer, cancr-; see canker + -oid.]

squamous cell carcinoma
n. A carcinoma that arises from squamous epithelium and is the most common form of skin cancer. Also called cancroid.

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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: ¹can·croid
Pronunciation: 'ka[ng]-"kroid
Function: adjective
: resembling a cancer cancroid tumor>

Main Entry: ²cancroid
Function: noun
: a skin cancer of low or moderate malignancy

Medical Dictionary

cancroid can·croid (kāng'kroid')
adj.

Of or relating to squamous cell carcinoma.
Of or resembling a cancer.

n.
See squamous cell carcinoma.

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