Noun: chancre shang-ku(r)
- A small hard painless nodule at the site of entry of a pathogen (as syphilis)
"The presence of a chancre prompted immediate testing for syphilis"
Derived forms: chancres
Type of: sore
Part of: deer fly fever, lues, lues venerea, pox, rabbit fever, syph [informal], syphilis, tularaemia [Brit, Cdn], tularemia [N. Amer], yatobyo
Encyclopedia: Chancre