chancre

plural chancres

1. medicineSkin lesion, sometimes associated with certain contagious diseases such as syphilis.

   Licorice root has been used for centuries to treat digestive disorders. It can also soothe chancre sores.

   2008, Janet Horn and Robin Miller, The Smart Woman's Guide to Midlife and Beyond: A No Nonsense Approach to Staying Healthy After 50, page 225, chapter 13

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   The nurse stood up and went towards the door. At that point the caretaker said to me, "It's a chancre she's got." I didn't understand, so I looked at the nurse and saw that she had a bandage round her head just below the eyes. Where her nose should have been, the bandage was flat. Her face seemed to be nothing but a white bandage.

   1942, Albert Camus, 'The Stranger' (a.k.a 'The Outsider'), Joseph Laredo translation, Ch.1

   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.

   1981 February 14, Robert Taylor, “Stages Of Syphilis”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 29, page 17

   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.

   1992, Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash, page 97