hard chancre

1 definition found

hard chancre - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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 Webster]
  
     Soft chancre. A chancroid. See Chancroid.
        [1913 Webster]