chancre

[ shang-ker ]

noun

, Pathology.

1. the initial lesion of syphilis and certain other infectious diseases, commonly a more or less distinct ulcer or sore with a hard base.

chancre

/ ˈʃæŋkə /

noun

1. pathol a small hard nodular growth, which is the first diagnostic sign of acquired syphilis

Derived Forms

• ˈchancrous, adjective

Other Words From

• chancrous adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of chancre¹

1595–1605; < Middle French ≪ Latin cancrum, accusative of cancer cancer

Word History and Origins

Origin of chancre¹

C16: from French, from Latin: cancer

Example Sentences

Here are ladies' noses eaten away at by chancres, or gentlemen's foreheads and cheeks covered with warty excrescences.

From The Guardian

It was from the nostrils in 82 cases, from the uterus in 1 case, from the stomach in 4 cases, and from the cicatrix of a chancre in 1 case.

From Project Gutenberg

The period of primary incubation, or the time from infection to the appearance of the chancre.

From Project Gutenberg

He bore several scars of tertiary ulcers about the nose and forehead, and made no secret of having suffered from chancre six or seven years before, and from subsequent secondary and tertiary symptoms.

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He taught, though this is a bit of knowledge supposed to come three centuries later into medicine and history, the true origin of chancre and phagedena.

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