soft chancre

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Chancre \Chan"cre\, n. [F. chancere. See {Cancer}.] (Med.)
   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}.
   [1913 Webster]

   {Soft chancre}. A chancroid. See {Chancroid}.
      [1913 Webster]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Chancroid \Chan"croid\, n. [Chancre + -oil.] (Med.)
   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}.
   [1913 Webster]

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