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- [kang-kroid]
- /ˈkæŋ krɔɪd/
- /ˈkæŋ.krɔɪd/
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- [kang-kroid]
- /ˈkæŋ krɔɪd/
Definitions of cancroid word
- adjective cancroid resembling a cancerous growth 3
- adjective cancroid resembling a crab 3
- noun cancroid a skin cancer, esp one of only moderate malignancy 3
- adjective cancroid like a crab 3
- adjective cancroid like cancer 3
- adjective cancroid Pathology. resembling a cancer, as certain tumors. 1
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Origin of cancroid
First appearance:
before 1820 One of the 38% newest English words
1820-30; < Latin cancr- (stem of cancer) cancer + -oid
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Parts of speech for Cancroid
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
cancroid popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 46% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
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cancroid usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for cancroid
noun cancroid
- cancer — Cancer is one of the twelve signs of the zodiac. Its symbol is a crab. People who are born approximately between the 21st of June and the 22nd of July come under this sign.
- outgrowth — a natural development, product, or result: to consider truancy an outgrowth of parental neglect.
- swelling — the act of swelling or the condition of being swollen.
- polyp — Zoology. a sedentary type of animal form characterized by a more or less fixed base, columnar body, and free end with mouth and tentacles, especially as applied to coelenterates. an individual zooid of a compound or colonial organism.
- lump — a piece or mass of solid matter without regular shape or of no particular shape: a lump of coal.
Antonyms for cancroid
noun cancroid
- abatement — Abatement means a reduction in the strength or power of something or the reduction of it.
- decrease — When something decreases or when you decrease it, it becomes less in quantity, size, or intensity.
- diminishment — to make or cause to seem smaller, less, less important, etc.; lessen; reduce.
- lessening — to become less.
- reduction — the act of reducing or the state of being reduced.
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