2. Like a cancer; cancerous. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
cancriform — /kangˈkri förm/ adjective 1. Crab shaped 2. Like cancer ORIGIN: ↑cancer and ↑ form … Useful english dictionary
cancriform — adjective a) Having the form of a crab b) Resembling cancer … Wiktionary
cancriform — Resembling cancer. SYN: cancroid (1). * * * can·cri·form (kangґkrĭ form) cancroid … Medical dictionary
cancriform — shaped like a crab Shapes and Resemblance … Phrontistery dictionary
cancriform — a. crab shaped; Medicine, cancer like. ♦ cancrivorous, a. feeding on crabs. ♦ cancrizans, a. moving crab wise or backwards; Music, having theme repeated backwards. ♦ cancroid, a. crab like; cancer like … Dictionary of difficult words
cancroid — 1. SYN: cancriform. 2. Obsolete term for a malignant neoplasm that manifests a lesser degree of malignancy than that frequently observed with carcinoma or sarcoma. [cancer + G. eidos, resemblance] * * * can·croid kaŋ .krȯid … Medical dictionary
Shapes and Resemblance — This assortment of 370 adjectives all refer in some way to the form or shape of things. Some are more geometrically descriptive than others, while a number of terms refer to animal forms or shapes of obscure objects. Certain adjectives for shapes … Phrontistery dictionary
