cancroid
/ˈkæŋkrɔɪd/
adjective
- Resembling a crab or having a crablike shape.
- The scientist described the cancroid growth on the rock as similar to a crab's claw.
- Some ancient coins featured cancroid designs that looked like tiny crabs.
- The artist painted a cancroid figure with long, curved legs.
noun
- A type of skin cancer that looks like a crab; a carcinoma with a hard, crablike structure.
- The doctor diagnosed the patient with a cancroid on his arm.
- The biopsy confirmed that the growth was a cancroid, not a benign mole.
- Early detection of a cancroid can lead to successful treatment.