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carcinized

carcinized is the simple past and past participle of carcinize.

Meaning of carcinize

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

Questions about carcinized

What is carcinized the simple past and past participle of?
Carcinized is the simple past and past participle of carcinize.

Words near carcinized in the dictionary

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

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