carcinize
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Etymology edit
Back-formation from carcinization; analyzable as Ancient Greek καρκῐ́νος (karkínos, “crab”) + -ize.
Verb edit
carcinize (third-person singular simple present carcinizes, present participle carcinizing, simple past and past participle carcinized)
- (evolutionary theory, zoology) Of a species, to take on a cancroid form in the course of evolution.
- partially carcinized