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-d^əl\ adjective

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

Medical Dictionary

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