carcinize

verb

carcinize

verb

Etymology Back-formation from carcinization; analyzable as Ancient Greek καρκῐ́νος (karkĭ́nos, “crab”) + -ize.

1

Biology, Natural sciences, Zoology Of a species, to take on a cancroid form in the course of evolution.

Evolutionary theory

  • partially carcinized

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