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chancre
[ shang-ker ]
noun
- the initial lesion of syphilis and certain other infectious diseases, commonly a more or less distinct ulcer or sore with a hard base.
chancre
/ ˈʃæŋə /
noun
- pathol a small hard nodular growth, which is the first diagnostic sign of acquired syphilis
Derived Forms
- ˈԳdzܲ, adjective
Other 51Թ Forms
- cdzܲ adjective
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of chancre1
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Example Sentences
Here are ladies' noses eaten away at by chancres, or gentlemen's foreheads and cheeks covered with warty excrescences.
It was from the nostrils in 82 cases, from the uterus in 1 case, from the stomach in 4 cases, and from the cicatrix of a chancre in 1 case.
The period of primary incubation, or the time from infection to the appearance of the chancre.
He bore several scars of tertiary ulcers about the nose and forehead, and made no secret of having suffered from chancre six or seven years before, and from subsequent secondary and tertiary symptoms.
He taught, though this is a bit of knowledge supposed to come three centuries later into medicine and history, the true origin of chancre and phagedena.
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