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chancre
n.
(Medicine) ulcer, sore (symptom of syphilis)
Chancre
A
chancre ( ) is a painless
ulceration (sore) most commonly formed during the primary stage of
syphilis. This infectious
lesion forms approximately 21 days after the initial exposure to
Treponema pallidum, the
gram-negative spirochaete bacterium yielding syphilis. Chancres transmit the sexually transmissible disease of
syphilis through direct physical contact. These ulcers usually form on or around the
anus,
mouth,
penis, and
vagina. Chancres may diminish between four to eight weeks without the application of medication.
chancre
Noun
1. a small hard painless nodule at the site of entry of a pathogen (as syphilis)
(hypernym) sore
(part-holonym) syphilis, syph, pox
chancre
nm.
chancroid, chancre; canker; plague
Chancre
(n.)
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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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