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cancroid

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cancroid /can·croid/ (kang´kroid) resembling cancer.
can·croid (kngkroid)
adj.
1. Of or relating to squamous cell carcinoma.
2. Of or resembling a cancer.
n.
See squamous cell carcinoma.
cancroid
Etymology: L, crab; Gk, eidos, form
1 pertaining to a lesion resembling a cancer.
2 a moderately malignant skin cancer.
cancroid [kang´kroid]
1. cancer-like.
2. a skin cancer of a low grade of malignancy.
cancroid
1. cancer-like.
2. a skin cancer of a low grade of malignancy.
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