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chancre

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7 lettersPronunciation /ˈʃæŋ.kɚ/Part of speech nounSorted accehnrStarts with CEnds with E0 clues
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Definitions

  1. a small hard painless nodule at the site of entry of a pathogen (as syphilis)

Word origin

Borrowed from French chancre (“cancer”), from Latin cancer (“crab”). Cognate to canker and cancer.

Used in a sentence

  • If the primary stage is not treated the chancre will disappear after four to eight weeks but remember that the germ is still in the body.
  • As Hiro approaches, Vitaly watches his sword uncertainly. Vitaly's eyes are dry and red, and on his lower lip he is sporting a chancre the size of a tangerine.

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