2. Like a cancer; cancerous.
CANCRINE
Can"crine, a. Etym: [From Cancer.]
Defn: Having the qualities of a crab; crablike.
CANCRINITE Can"cri*nite, n. Etym: [Named after Count Cancrin, a minister of finance in Russia.] (Min.)
Defn: A mineral occurring in hexagonal crystals, also massive, generally of a yellow color, containing silica, alumina, lime, soda, and carbon dioxide.
CANCROID
Can"croid, a. Etym: [Cancer + oid.]
1. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Resembling a crab; pertaining to the Cancroidea, one of the families of crabs, including the genus Cancer.
2. Like a cancer; as, a cancroid tumor.
CAND
Cand, n.