'hard chancre' definitions:

Definition of 'hard chancre'

From: GCIDE
  • Chancre \Chan"cre\, n. [F. chancere. See Cancer.] (Med.) 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Soft chancre. A chancroid. See Chancroid. [1913 Webster]