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1858
First Known Use of chancroid
1858
Medical Dictionary
chancroid
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chan·croid
\ˈshaŋ-ˌkrȯid\
Medical Definition of chancroid
: a venereal disease caused by a hemophilic bacterium of the genus Haemophilus (H. ducreyi) and characterized by chancres that differ from those of syphilis in lacking firm indurated margins—called also soft chancre; see ducrey's bacillus
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