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carcinize

carcinize verb: of a species, to take on a cancroid form in the course of evolution.

Verb

carcinize (third-person singular simple present carcinizes, present participle carcinizing, simple past and past participle carcinized)

  1. (evolutionary theory) Of a species, to take on a cancroid form in the course of evolution.
    • partially carcinized
    Synonyms:
    crabbify

Synonyms of carcinize

Forms of carcinize

third-person singular presentcarcinizes
present participlecarcinizing
past participlecarcinized
pastcarcinized
alternative formcarcinise

Origin of carcinize

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

Questions about carcinize

What does carcinize mean?
Carcinize means of a species, to take on a cancroid form in the course of evolution.
What part of speech is carcinize?
Carcinize is a verb.
What is the past tense of carcinize?
The past tense of carcinize is carcinized.

Words near carcinize in the dictionary

  1. carcinids
  2. carcinine
  3. carcinisation
  4. carcinise
  5. carcinization
  6. carcinize
  7. carcinized
  8. carcinizes
  9. carcinizing
  10. carcino-
  11. carcinocyte

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