Chancre
English Meaning
A venereal sore or ulcer; specifically, the initial lesion of true syphilis, whether forming a distinct ulcer or not; -- called also hard chancre, indurated chancre, and Hunterian chancre.
- A dull red, hard, insensitive lesion that is the first manifestation of syphilis.
- An ulcer located at the initial point of entry of a pathogen.