- venereal sore
- any sore that accompanies or manifests a venereal disease.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
venereal sore
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venereal disease — Synonyms and related words: African lethargy, Asiatic cholera, Chagres fever, French disease, German measles, Haverhill fever, Spanish pox, VD, acquired syphilis, acute articular rheumatism, ague, alkali disease, amebiasis, amebic dysentery,… … Moby Thesaurus
chancroid — An infectious, painful, ragged venereal ulcer at the site of infection by Haemophilus ducreyi, beginning after an incubation period of 3–7 days; seen more commonly in men; Gram negative streptobacilli may be identified by staining material from… … Medical dictionary
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Chancre — Chan cre, n. [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}. [1913 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Chancroid — 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
hard chancre — Chancre Chan cre, n. [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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Hunterian chancre — Chancre Chan cre, n. [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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
indurated chancre — Chancre Chan cre, n. [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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
soft chancre — Chancroid 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
