According to WorldAtlas, Canada is the only non-European country to make its top ten list of coffee consumers. The United States at a distant 25 on the list.
CHANCRE
chancre
(noun) a small hard painless nodule at the site of entry of a pathogen (as syphilis)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
chancre (plural chancres)
(pathology) Skin lesion, sometimes associated with certain contagious diseases such as syphilis.
Anagrams
• chancer
Source: Wiktionary
Chan"cre, n. Etym: [F. chancere. See Cancer.] (Med.)
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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