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noun Pathology.

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Origin of soft chancre

First recorded in 1855–60

Words nearby soft chancre

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How to use soft chancre in a sentence

My next, a Jewess, gave me more than I asked for, in the shape of a soft chancre.
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Soft chancre is the least dangerous and the least common of the three diseases.
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British Dictionary definitions for soft chancre

soft chancre

noun

pathol a venereal ulcer caused by an infection with the bacillus Haemophilus ducrey that is not syphiliticAlso called: chancroid

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