CHANCRE
\t͡ʃˈankə], \tʃˈankə], \tʃ_ˈa_n_k_ə]\
Definitions of CHANCRE
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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The primary sore of syphilis, a painless indurated, eroded papule, occurring at the site of entry of the infection.
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
By William R. Warner
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A sore, which arises from the direct application of the venereal virus; hence it is almost always seated, in men, on the penis. The French use the word Chancre, in popular language, for cancerous ulcers, the malignant aphthae of children, &c. Formerly, the terms Car'oli and Ca'ries pudendo'rum were used for venereal pustules or sores on the parts of generation.
By Robley Dunglison
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