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chancres

chancres is the plural of chancre.

Meaning of chancre

Noun

chancre (plural chancres)

  1. Skin lesion, sometimes associated with certain contagious diseases such as syphilis.
    • The nurse stood up and went towards the door. At that point the caretaker said to me, "It's a chancre she's got." I didn't understand, so I looked at the nurse and saw that she had a bandage round her head just below the eyes. Where her nose should have been, the bandage was flat. Her face seemed...1942, Albert Camus, 'The Stranger' (a.k.a 'The Outsider'), Joseph Laredo translation, Ch.1

Phrases with chancres

Questions about chancres

What is chancres the plural of?
Chancres is the plural of chancre.

Words near chancres in the dictionary

  1. Chanco cheese
  2. Chanco cheeses
  3. chancre
  4. chancre mechanic
  5. chancre mechanics
  6. chancres
  7. chancriform
  8. chancroid
  9. chancroidal
  10. chancroids
  11. chancrous

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