chancroid
an infectious venereal ulcer with a soft base.
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Origin of chancroid
1- Also called simple chancre, soft chancre.
Other words from chancroid
- chan·croi·dal, adjective
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How to use chancroid in a sentence
Dismiss chancroid as a relatively insignificant local affair, seldom a serious problem under a physician's care.
The Third Great Plague | John H. StokesThe chancroid plant causes a very nasty sore, the chancroid, which often destroys much flesh and causes buboes.
Manual of Military Training | James A. MossThe table of Debauge gives 23 cases among 206 females having chancroid in various other situations.
The return bears out other evidence showing that the chancroid or soft-sore type of infection is rare in this Dominion.
Venereal Diseases in New Zealand (1922) | Committee Of The Board Of HealthWhen the chancroid is healed and the bubo becomes a scar the disease is cured.
Manual of Military Training | James A. Moss
British Dictionary definitions for chancroid
/ (ˈʃæŋkrɔɪd) /
a soft venereal ulcer, esp of the male genitals, caused by infection with the bacillus Haemophilus ducreyi
relating to or resembling a chancroid or chancre
Derived forms of chancroid
- chancroidal, adjective
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