chancroid
noun
chan·croid
ˈshaŋ-ˌkrȯid 
: 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
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Four STDs are monitored nationwide and nationally notifiable to the CDC: chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis and chancroid.
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Jacqueline Howard, CNN, 8 Oct. 2019
Other groups—mental patients and prisoners—had additionally been exposed to syphilis and chancroid.
—Sushma Subramanian, Slate Magazine, 26 Feb. 2017
Jacqueline Howard, CNN, 8 Oct. 2019
Other groups—mental patients and prisoners—had additionally been exposed to syphilis and chancroid.
—Sushma Subramanian, Slate Magazine, 26 Feb. 2017
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chancroid
noun
chan·croid
ˈshaŋ-ˌkrȯid
: 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
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