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chancroid
noun chan·croid \ˈshaŋ-ˌkrȯid\
Definition of CHANCROID
: a venereal disease caused by a bacterium (Hemophilus ducreyi) and characterized by chancres unlike those of syphilis in lacking firm indurated margins —called also soft chancre
— chan·croi·dal \shaŋ-ˈkrȯi-dəl\ adjective
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First Known Use of CHANCROID
1861
Rhymes with CHANCROID
android, avoid, colloid, conoid, crinoid, cuboid, cycloid, deltoid, dendroid, devoid, discoid, factoid, fibroid, fungoid, ganoid, globoid, hydroid, hypnoid, keloid, mastoid, mucoid, ovoid, prismoid, pygmoid, rhizoid, rhomboid, schizoid, scombroid, sigmoid, spheroid, steroid, styloid, tabloid, thalloid, thyroid, toroid, toxoid, trochoid, typhoid, Veddoid, viroid
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chancroid
noun chan·croid \ˈshaŋ-ˌkrȯid\
Medical Definition of CHANCROID
: a venereal disease caused by a hemophilic bacterium of the genus Haemophilus (H. ducreyi) and characterized by chancres that differ from those of syphilis in lacking firm indurated margins—called also soft chancre; see ducrey's bacillus
—chan·croi·dal \shaŋ-ˈkrȯid-əl\ adjective
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