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Webster 1913 Edition

Chancre

Chan′cre

,
Noun.
[F.
chancere
. See
Cancer
.]
(Med.)
A venereal sore or ulcer; specifically, the initial lesion of true syphilis, whether forming a distinct ulcer or not; – called also
hard chancre
,
indurated chancre
, and
Hunterian chancre
.
Soft chancre
.
A chancroid. See
Chancroid
.

Definition 2024

chancre

chancre

English

Noun

chancre ‎(plural chancres)

  1. (pathology) Skin lesion, sometimes associated with certain contagious diseases such as syphilis.

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French

Etymology

From Middle French, from Old French, inherited from Latin cancer, cancrum. Doublet of cancer.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃɑ̃kʁ/

Noun

chancre m ‎(plural chancres)

  1. (obsolete) lobster, crab
  2. (medicine) canker, chancre

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Middle French

Etymology

From Old French, from Latin cancer.

Noun

chancre m (plural chancres)

  1. cancer (cancerous cell mutation)

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Norman

Etymology

From Latin cancer.

Noun

chancre m ‎(plural chancres)

  1. (Jersey, pathology) tumour, verruca; syphilis
  2. (Jersey) Guernsey crab

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Etymology

Borrowing from French chancre ‎(“cancer”), from Latin cancer ‎(“crab”). Cognate to canker.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃæŋ.kɚ/

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