chancre

chancre is a 7-letter English word with 2 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A venereal sore or ulcer; specifically, the initial lesion of true syphilis, whether forming a distinct ulcer or not; -- called also hard chancre, indurated chancre, and Hunterian chancre. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 16 · 2 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A venereal sore or ulcer; specifically, the initial lesion of true syphilis, whether forming a distinct ulcer or not; -- called also hard chancre, indurated chancre, and Hunterian chancre.
2. noun. a small hard painless nodule at the site of entry of a pathogen (as syphilis)

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in chancre:

chancer

Common word forms

chancres

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