| Pronunciation: | 'shangkroyd | ||
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| Matching Terms: | chancroidal | ||
| Definition: | [n] infectious venereal ulcer | ||
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| See Also: | ulcer, ulceration | ||
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| Definition: | \Chan"croid\, n. [Chancre + -oil.] (Med.)
A venereal sore, resembling a chancre in its seat and some
external characters, but differing from it in being the
starting point of a purely local process and never of a
systemic disease; -- called also {soft chancre}.
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