CHANCROID

chancroid

(noun) infectious venereal ulcer

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

chancroid (plural chancroids)

(pathology) A sexually transmitted infection, caused by bacteria of species Haemophilus ducreyi, characterized by painful sores on the genitalia.

A sore characteristic of this infection.

Synonyms

• soft chancre

• ulcus molle

Source: Wiktionary


Chan"croid, n. Etym: [Chancre + -oil.] (Med.)

Definition: A venereal sore, resembling a chancre in its seat and some external characters, but differing from it in being the starting point of a purely local process and never of a systemic disease; -- called also soft chancre.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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