chancroid

[ shang-kroid ]
/ ˈʃæŋ krɔɪd /

noun Pathology.

an infectious venereal ulcer with a soft base.
Also called simple chancre, soft chancre.

Origin of chancroid

First recorded in 1860–65; chancre + -oid

OTHER WORDS FROM chancroid

chan·croi·dal, adjective

Example sentences from the Web for chancroid

  • When the chancroid is healed and the bubo becomes a scar the disease is cured.

  • The return bears out other evidence showing that the chancroid or soft-sore type of infection is rare in this Dominion.

    Venereal Diseases in New Zealand (1922) |Committee Of The Board Of Health
  • The chancroid plant causes a very nasty sore, the chancroid, which often destroys much flesh and causes buboes.

British Dictionary definitions for chancroid

chancroid
/ (ˈʃæŋkrɔɪd) /

noun

a soft venereal ulcer, esp of the male genitals, caused by infection with the bacillus Haemophilus ducreyi

adjective

relating to or resembling a chancroid or chancre

Derived forms of chancroid

chancroidal, adjective

Medical definitions for chancroid

chancroid
[ shăngkroid′ ]

n.

An infectious venereal ulcer at the site of infection by Haemophilus ducreyi beginning after an incubation period of 3 to 5 days. soft ulcer venereal ulcer

Other words from chancroid

chan′croidal (-kroidl) adj.