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carcin-

carcin- is the alternative form of carcino-.

Meaning of carcino-

Prefix

carcino-

  1. Cancer.
  2. crab, crustacean.

Forms of carcin-

alternative formcarcino-

Origin of carcin-

From Ancient Greek καρκίνος (karkínos, “crab”).

Questions about carcin-

What is carcin- the alternative form of?
Carcin- is the alternative form of carcino-.

Words near carcin- in the dictionary

  1. Carchemish
  2. Carchi
  3. Carchia
  4. Carchias
  5. Carchis
  6. carcin-
  7. carcineretid
  8. carcineretids
  9. carcinid
  10. carcinids
  11. carcinine

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Adapted from Wiktionary: carcin- (page history and authors); carcino- (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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