CHANCRES

Noun

chancres

plural of chancre

Anagrams

• chancers, cranches

Source: Wiktionary


CHANCRE

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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TRANSLATION

(noun) (genetics) the process whereby genetic information coded in messenger RNA directs the formation of a specific protein at a ribosome in the cytoplasm


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