Geschwür an den Geschlechtsteilen. Der harte S. (Ulcus durum) ist der Primäraffekt der Syphilis; der weiche S. (Ulcus molle) wird durch Streptobakterien hervorgerufen.
ETYM Old Eng. canker, cancre, AS. cancer (akin to Dutch kanker, OHG chanchar.), from Latin cancer a cancer; or if a native word. Related to also Old Fren. cancre, French chancere, from Latin cancer. Related to cancer, Chancre.
An ulceration (especially of the lips or living of the mouth).
ETYM French chancere. Related to Cancer.
A small hard painless nodule at the site of entry of a pathogen (as syphilis).
Syphilitic ulcer.