Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cancroid

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
can-croid
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling a crab

adj

Of or pertaining to cancer, especially to squamous cell carcinoma

noun

Any disease that resembles cancer

noun

Squamous cell carcinoma

Inflected Forms

more cancroid (comparative) most cancroid (superlative) cancroide (alternative) cancroids (plural)

Synonyms

squamous cell carcinoma

Questions

What does cancroid mean?
Resembling a crab

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