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chan⋅croid

  [shang-kroid]
–noun Pathology.
an infectious venereal ulcer with a soft base.
Also called simple chancre, soft chancre.

Origin:
1860–65; chancre + -oid

Related forms:
chan⋅croi⋅dal, adjective
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Main Entry: chan·croid
Pronunciation: 'sha[ng]-"kroid
Function: noun
: a venereal disease caused by a hemophilic bacterium of the genusHaemophilus (H. ducreyi) and characterized by chancres that differ from those of syphilis in lacking firm indurated margins called also soft chancre; —see DUCREY'S BACILLUS —chan·croi·dal /sha[ng]-'kroid-&l/ adjective
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chancroid chan·croid (shāng'kroid')
n.
An infectious venereal ulcer at the site of infection by Haemophilus ducreyi beginning after an incubation period of 3 to 5 days. Also called soft ulcer, venereal ulcer.

chan'croi'dal (-kroid'l) adj.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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