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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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}. {Soft chancre}. A chancroid. See {Chancroid}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: chancre n : a small hard painless nodule at the site of entry of a pathogen (as syphilis)
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