CHANCROID


Meaning of CHANCROID in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈshaŋ-ˌkrȯid ]

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 shaŋ-ˈkrȯi-d ə l adjective

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.