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chancre

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈʃæŋ.kɚ/
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  • rhymes with -æŋkə(ɹ)

1

noun

Meaning 1

Skin lesion, sometimes associated with certain contagious diseases such as syphilis.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a small hard painless nodule at the site of entry of a pathogen (as syphilis)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: sore

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

7 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 下疳 (xiàgān) — lesion
  • Czech: tvrdý vřed — lesion
  • Czech: šankr — lesion
  • Finnish: sankkeri — lesion
  • Hungarian: fekély — lesion
  • Japanese: 下疳 (gekan) — lesion
  • Spanish: chancro — lesion