Thesaurus: chancre

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1. n. 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.
2. n. a small hard painless nodule at the site of entry of a pathogen (as syphilis)
3. 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 Chancroid.
4. A venereal sore or ulcer; specifically, the initial lesion oftrue syphilis, whether forming a distinct ulcer or not; -- calledalso hard chancre, indurated chancre, and Hunterian chancre. Softchancre. A chancroid. See Chancroid.
5. n. a small hard painless nodule at the site of entry of a pathogen (as syphilis)