soft chancre

chan·croid   (shāng'kroid')    n.  A soft, highly infectious, nonsyphilitic venereal ulcer of the genital region, caused by the bacillus Hemophilus ducreyi. Also called soft chancre. [French chancroïde, from chancre, chancre; see chancre.] chan·croi'dal (-kroid'l) adj.

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

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.

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