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chancre

Pathol a small hard nodular growth, which is the first diagnostic sign of acquired syphilis
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chancre

[′shaŋ·kər]
(medicine)
A lesion or ulcer at the site of primary inoculation by an infecting organism.
The initial lesion of syphilis.
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