cancroidadj.n.
/ˈkaŋkrɔɪd//ˈkaŋkrəʊɪd/ A. adj.
1. Like the crab in structure.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Crustacea > [adjective] > of or belonging to Malacostraca > of the Thoracostraca > relating to Brachyura > crab-like
cancriform1826
cancroid1826
cancerideous1881
1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. (1828) III. xxxv. 705 In the cancroid spiders.
1852 J. D. Dana U.S. Exploring Exped.: Crustacea Pt. I 65 These are Cancroid in the..branchial peculiarities.
2. Pathology. Resembling cancer.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > [adjective] > cancer
cancerous?a1425
cancerated1589
cancered1629
cankerous1691
carcinomatous1699
carcinomatose1742
cancroid1859
sarcomic1958
1859 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. V. 591/1 Of a cancerous or cancroid nature.
1876 T. Bryant Pract. Surg. (ed. 2) I. xii. 490 Cancer of the lips..is generally applied to epithelioma or cancroid disease, true cancer or carcinoma being very rare.
B. n.
1. A crustacean of the crab family.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Crustacea > [noun] > subclass Malacostraca > division Thoracostraca > order Decapoda > suborder Brachyura (crab)
crabc1000
crab-fisha1400
cancer?a1425
partan1428
crayfish1509
canker1562
rock crab1736
fiery-tangs1813
cancroid1852
brachyuran1877
partan-crab1893
1852 J. D. Dana U.S. Exploring Exped.: Crustacea Pt. I 48 The outer antennæ are small, as in the Cancroids.
2. A disease resembling cancer; also a synonym of epithelial cancer.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of visible parts > skin disorders > [noun] > cancer
cancroid1854
epithelioma1872
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > [noun] > cancer > types of
soft cancer1804
soot-wart?1810
melanosis1826
mastoid cancer1846
skin cancer1847
cancroid1854
epithelioma1872
soot-cancer1878
scirrhus1881
chimney-sweep's cancer1888
peau d'orange1896
pigskin1898
medullary carcinoma1926
1854 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) 155/1.
1859 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. V. 593/2 Scirrhous or Hard Cancer and Cancroid are by no means so common.
1872 T. G. Thomas Pract. Treat. Dis. Women (ed. 3) 519 Malignant disease..in two forms, cancer and cancroid.
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