chancre
pronunciation
How to pronounce chancre in British English: UK [ˈʃæŋkə(r)]
How to pronounce chancre in American English: US ['ʃæŋkər]
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- Noun:
- a small hard painless nodule at the site of entry of a pathogen (as syphilis)
Word Origin
- chancre (n.)
- also chanker, "venereal ulcer," c. 1600, from French chancre (15c.), literally "cancer," from Latin cancer (see cancer).
Example
- 1. Does soft chancre have so that treat ?
- 2. Chancroid is also called " hard chancre "