chancre

Noun
  1. A small hard painless nodule at the site of entry of a pathogen (as syphilis) (synset 114207549)
    is a type of: sore - an open skin infection
    is a part of:
    • lues, lues venerea, pox, syph, syphilis - a common venereal disease caused by the treponema pallidum spirochete; symptoms change through progressive stages; can be congenital (transmitted through the placenta)
    • deer fly fever, rabbit fever, tularaemia, tularemia, yatobyo - a highly infectious disease of rodents (especially rabbits and squirrels) and sometimes transmitted to humans by ticks or flies or by handling infected animals

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