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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