Cancri

/ˈkæŋkraɪ/ noun

Plural of cancer in Latin; can refer to multiple crabs or malignant tumors in scientific or classical contexts.

The Latin plural of 'cancer.' In classical and medical Latin, this form is used when discussing multiple instances of the disease or multiple crabs (the animal from which the disease name derived).

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