Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A dull red, hard, insensitive lesion that is the first manifestation of syphilis.
- noun An ulcer located at the initial point of entry of a pathogen.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In botany, a disease of the tobacco-plant attributed to Bacillus æruginosus.
- noun A sore or ulcer arising from the direct application of syphilitic poison.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (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 , andHunterian chancre . - noun A chancroid. See
Chancroid .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
skin lesion , sometimes associated with certaincontagious diseases likesyphilis .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a small hard painless nodule at the site of entry of a pathogen (as syphilis)
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The disease is already systemic, or constitutional, and the chancre is the local expression of a constitutional disease.
Woman Her Sex and Love Life William J. Robinson
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The _syphilis_ germ will grow first where it is rubbed in, causing a hard ulcer, called a chancre, and after that it travels through the entire body.
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Primary syphilis is usually heralded by a single sore called a chancre, and if not treated, patients can develop a rash, fever, swollen lymph nodes and other symptoms.
Reuters: Top News 2010
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Primary syphilis is usually heralded by a single sore called a chancre, and if not treated, patients can develop a rash, fever, swollen lymph nodes and other symptoms.
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The first stage of infection during which an open sore called a chancre develops.
unknown title 2009
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The chancre is a painless round nodule of thickened tissue, usually with a smooth appearance.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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The chancre is a painless round nodule of thickened tissue, usually with a smooth appearance.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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It is spread through sexual contact with sores, which Mercer called chancre ulcers, that typically are painless.
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The chancre is a painless round nodule of thickened tissue, usually with a smooth appearance.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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He didn’t consider the possibility that his patient could have both illnesses, so when he developed symptoms of each, he concluded that “gonorrhea and the chancre are the effects of the same poison.”
MANUFACTURING DEPRESSION Gary Greenberg 2010
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From "C. Musonius Rufus" by Guy Davenport
January 19, 2010