Cancroid

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cancroid \Can"croid\, a. [Cancer + oid.]
     1. (Zool.) Resembling a crab; pertaining to the {Cancroidea},
        one of the families of crabs, including the genus
        {Cancer}.
        [1913 Webster]
  


     2. Like a cancer; as, a cancroid tumor.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  cancroid
       adj : of or relating to a cancroid
       n : the most common form of skin cancer [syn: {squamous cell
           carcinoma}]