CHANCRE

chancre. Chancre, [ch as sh] n. a kind of venereal ulcer

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Chan″cre (?), n. [[F. chancere. See Cancer.]] (Med.) A venereal sore or ulcer; specifically, the initial lesion of true syphilis, whether forming a distinct ulcer or not; — called also hard chancre, indurated chancre, and Hunterian chancre. Soft chancre. A chancroid. See Chancroid.