Definitions for cancroids

cancroids can·croid

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

Cancroids is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 543 anagrams from letters in cancroids (accdinors).

Definitions for cancroids

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 cancroids

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

Examples for cancroids

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 cancroids
Scrable

13

Words with friends

16

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