chancre


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
chancre /ˈʃaŋkə/
noun Medicine a painless ulcer, particularly one developing on the genitals in venereal disease.
– origin C16: from Fr., from L. cancer ‘creeping ulcer’.
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