chancre

1. (pathology) Skin lesion, sometimes associated with certain contagious diseases such as syphilis.Examples: "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 to be nothing but a white bandage."; "If the primary stage is not treated the chancre will disappear after four to eight weeks but remember that the germ is still in the body."; "As Hiro approaches, Vitaly watches his sword uncertainly. Vitaly's eyes are dry and red, and on his lower lip he is sporting a chancre the size of a tangerine."