cancroid

2 definitions found

cancroid - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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]

cancroid - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  cancroid
      adj 1: of or relating to a cancroid
      n 1: the most common form of skin cancer [syn: cancroid,
           squamous cell carcinoma]