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Definition of chancre noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

chancre

noun
 
/ˈʃæŋkə(r)/
 
/ˈʃæŋkər/
(medical)
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  1. an area with an infection on the body that is not painful, especially one on the outer sex organs, caused by disease
    Word Originlate 16th cent.: from French, from Latin cancer ‘creeping ulcer’.
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