Associations to the word «Chancroid»

Wiktionary

CHANCROID, noun. (pathology) A sexually transmitted infection caused by Haemophilus ducreyi bacteria, characterized by painful sores on the genitalia.
CHANCROID, noun. A sore characteristic of this infection.

Dictionary definition

CHANCROID, noun. Infectious venereal ulcer.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats