chancroid
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A systematic review of 26 studies found that circumcised men are at a lower risk of syphilis or chancroid.
From New York Times ● May 9, 2016
When the chancroid is healed and the bubo becomes a scar the disease is cured.
From Manual of Military Training Second, Revised Edition by Moss, James A. (James Alfred)
The chancroid plant causes a very nasty sore, the chancroid, which often destroys much flesh and causes buboes.
From Manual of Military Training Second, Revised Edition by Moss, James A. (James Alfred)
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