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Definition of Chancroid
1. Noun. Infectious venereal ulcer.
Definition of Chancroid
1. n. A venereal sore, resembling a chancre in its seat and some external characters, but differing from it in being the starting point of a purely local process and never of a systemic disease; -- called also soft chancre.
Definition of Chancroid
1. Noun. A sexually transmitted infection characterized by painful sores on the genitalia. ¹
2. Noun. A sore characteristic of this infection. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Chancroid
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Medical Definition of Chancroid
1. A sexually transmitted disease caused by the bacteria haemophilus ducreyi. Causes multiple painful ulcers on the penis and the vulva often associated with tender and enlarged inguinal lymph nodes. (27 Sep 1997)