n.
Pronunciation: ' sha ŋ - ˌ kro ̇ id
Function: noun
Date: 1861
: a venereal disease caused by a bacterium ( Hemophilus ducreyi ) and characterized by chancres unlike those of syphilis in lacking firm indurated margins ― called also soft chancre
– chan · croi · dal \ sha ŋ - ' kro ̇ i-d ə l \ adjective