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Webster 1913 Edition

Chancre

Chan′cre

,

Noun.

[F.

chancere

. See

.]

(Med.)

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

.