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carcino-

carcino- prefix: cancer.

Prefix

carcino-

  1. Cancer.
  2. crab, crustacean.

Forms of carcino-

alternative formcarcin-

Origin of carcino-

From Ancient Greek καρκίνος (karkínos, “crab”). By surface analysis, carcin- + -o-.

Questions about carcino-

What does carcino- mean?
Carcino- means cancer.
What part of speech is carcino-?
Carcino- is a prefix.

Words near carcino- in the dictionary

  1. carcinization
  2. carcinize
  3. carcinized
  4. carcinizes
  5. carcinizing
  6. carcino-
  7. carcinocyte
  8. carcinocytes
  9. carcinoecia
  10. carcinoecium
  11. carcinoembrionic

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