cancroid vs contamination

cancroid

noun
  • Any disease that resembles cancer 

  • Squamous cell carcinoma 

adj
  • Of or pertaining to cancer, especially to squamous cell carcinoma 

  • Resembling a crab 

contamination

noun
  • Something which contaminates. 

  • A process whereby words with related meanings come to have similar sounds. 

  • The influence of one form (often from a foreign language) on the historical development of another form to which it may be related in meaning. 

  • The act or process of contaminating 

  • The process of making a material or surface unclean or unsuited for its intended purpose, usually by the addition or attachment of undesirable foreign substances. 

How often have the words cancroid and contamination occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )