Definitions for cancroid

cancroid can·croid

Spelling: [kang-kroid]
IPA: /ˈkæŋ krɔɪd/

Cancroid is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 291 anagrams from letters in cancroid (accdinor).

Definitions for cancroid

noun

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

adjective

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

Origin of cancroid

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

Examples for cancroid

On the cancroid growths caused by Gongylonema orientale n. sp.

On the cancroid growths caused by Gongylonema-orientale n. sp.

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

Word Value for cancroid
Scrable

13

Words with friends

16

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