chancroidaladj.
/ʃaŋkˈrɔɪdl/, U.S. /ˌkæŋkˈrɔɪd(ə)l/, /ˌʃæŋkˈrɔɪd(ə)l/ Medicine.
Of, relating to, or of the nature of (a) chancroid.
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chancrous1676
chancroid1861
chancroidal1861
chancriform1863
granulomatous1883
trichomonal1948
chlamydial1967
1861 F. J. Bumstead Pathol. & Treatm. Venereal Dis. 428 If it be allowable to invent an adjective for the occasion, it may appropriately be called the chancroidal bubo.
1879 F. J. Bumstead & R. W. Taylor Pathol. & Treatm. Venereal Dis. (rev. ed.) ii. i. 340 The chancroidal poison..may be reinoculated.
1907 Amer. Jrnl. Nursing 7 435 Chancroidal ulcers are usually multiple.
1920 Lancet 13 Nov. 1015/2 There was a profuse yellow vulvar discharge and several ulcers round the urethral orifice and clitoris, which were regarded as chancroidal.
1994 Infect. & Immunity 62 5632 Chancroidal ulcers are most commonly located on the foreskins of uncircumcised males.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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