chancriformadj.
/ˈʃaŋkrᵻfɔːm/, U.S. /ˈkæŋkrəˌfɔrm/, /ˈʃæŋkrəˌfɔrm/ Medicine.
Of the form or nature of a chancre; resembling a chancre.
ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > venereal disease > [adjective] > other venereal diseases
chancrous1676
chancroid1861
chancroidal1861
chancriform1863
granulomatous1883
trichomonal1948
chlamydial1967
1863 Year-bk. Med. 1862 (New Sydenham Soc.) 227 This lesion—the primary infecting ulcer—appears under two distinct forms:—1st, the indurated, or Hunterian chancre; 2nd, the chancriform erosion.
1868 G. Whitly tr. E. Lancereaux Treat. Syphilis I. ii. 83 Chancriform erosion.
1954 Amer. Jrnl. Syphilis, Gonorrhea & Venereal Dis. 38 57 (title) Chancriform pyoderma.
1988 Q. N. Myrvik & R. S. Weiser Fund. Med. Bacteriol. & Mycol. (ed. 2) xxxviii. 329 About 3 weeks, or occasionally months, after injection a painless lesion resembling the chancre of syphilis forms at the site of inoculation (the chancriform lesion).
1995 Arch. Dermatol. 131 1178 Classifying the disease with primary chancriform, secondary hemolymphatic, and tertiary central nervous system stages should improve the understanding of the complex natural history of African trypanosomiasis.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
<
adj.1863