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cancerized

cancerized adjective: modified by a cancer.

Adjective

cancerized (not comparable)

  1. Modified by a cancer
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Origin of cancerized

From cancer + -ize + -ed.

Questions about cancerized

What does cancerized mean?
Cancerized means modified by a cancer.
What part of speech is cancerized?
Cancerized is an adjective.

Words near cancerized in the dictionary

  1. cancerisations
  2. cancerism
  3. cancerization
  4. cancerizations
  5. cancerize
  6. cancerized
  7. cancerless
  8. cancerlike
  9. cancerocidal
  10. cancerogen
  11. cancerogenesis

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