chancre Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a small hard painless nodule at the site of entry of a pathogen (as syphilis)

WordNet

Chan"cre noun
Etymology
F. chancere. See Cancer.
Definitions
  1. (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.

Webster 1913