chancre

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Skin lesion, sometimes associated with certain contagious diseases such as syphilis.

/ˈʃæŋ.kɚ/ en-us-chancre.ogg LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-chancre.wav

chancre chancres

Borrowed from French chancre (“cancer”), from Latin cancer (“crab”). Cognate to canker and cancer.

canker

chancre mechanic chancriform chancroid soft chancre

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