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chancrous

chancrous

9.9
Having painful sores often from an infection like syphilis
  • adjective
  • /ˈkæŋkrəs/
  • Specialized
: chancroso
  • The patient presented with chancrous sores in the genital region, indicating a possible syphilitic infection.

Examples

  • The chancrous lesions were treated promptly to prevent further complications.

  • A distinct feature of the disease is the development of chancrous ulcers on the skin.

  • Don't ignore chancrous signs on your body!

  • The doctor diagnosed him with a chancrous sore.

  • The patient presented with chancrous sores in the genital region, indicating a possible syphilitic infection.

  • The chancrous lesions were treated promptly to prevent further complications.

  • A distinct feature of the disease is the development of chancrous ulcers on the skin.

Synonyms

cankerous
vschancrous
  • Archaic
1 9.9

Having sores like ulcers that damage tissue

is specific to sores typical of syphilis rather than general ulcers

Surface Forms

chancrous positive

Morphology

chancrous = chancre (transparent) = chancre + ous

Formed by the regular adjectival suffix '-ous' meaning 'having or relating to', so the meaning follows directly from 'chancre'.

Etymology

Chancrous comes from the old French chancre, and from Latin cancer, which meant 'crab'. People used the 'crab' image to describe a spreading sore, and the same root is in words like canker and cancer, so chancrous means 'having sores' or ulcers.