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chancre
CIDE DICTIONARY
chancre, n. [F. chancere. See Cancer.].
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 . [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
chancre, n. a painless ulcer developing in venereal disease etc.
Etymology
F f. L CANCER
THESAURUS
chancre
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