chancre

(shang'kur) [Fr. indirectly from L. cancer.'] Primary lesion, initial sclerosis, syphilitic sore, the first manifestation of syphilis; it begins as a papule or area of infiltration, of dull red color, hard, and insensitive the center usually becomes eroded or breaks down into an ulcer, hard c, true c, not chancroid. Hunte'rian c, the typical ulcerated chancre with indurated base and edges; the initial lesion of syphilis, in'- durated c, hard 0. mixed c, a sore resulting from simultaneous inoculation with syphilis and the pus organisms of chancroid. Nis'bet's c, bubonulus. noninfec'ting chancroid, sim'ple c, chancroid, soft c, chancroid. sporotricho's ic c, the initial lesion at the site of infection Champbtisr in sporotrichosis. true c, de Ribes Bag Hunter i an c. (dilated).