Infectious venereal ulcer

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
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 ...

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n. infectious venereal ulcer

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context pathology English) A sexually transmitted infection caused by (taxlink Haemophilus ducreyi species noshow=1) bacteria, characterized by painful sores on the genitalia. 2 A sore characteristic of this infection.

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Chancroid (also known as soft chancre and ulcus molle ) is a bacterial sexually transmitted infection characterized by painful sores on the genitalia. Chancroid is known to spread from one individual to another solely through sexual contact.