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Record 1 2004-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
  • Human Diseases
DEF

A syphilitic ulcer developing at the site of invasion of Treponema pallidum.

DEF

A lesion, usually an ulcer, formed at the site of primary inoculation; generally, the initial lesion of syphilis or chancroid, or of such diseases as sporotrichosis and tularemia.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
  • Maladies humaines
DEF

Lésion cutanéomuqueuse de primo-invasion d'une affection microbienne, vénérienne ou tuberculeuse.

OBS

Lorsqu'on parle de chancre sans autre précision, on entend généralement [...] le chancre syphilitique. [...] Il siège à l'endroit où l'agent pathogène (Treponema pallidum) a pénétré dans l'organisme.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Síntomas (Medicina)
  • Enfermedades humanas
DEF

Lesión provocada por una enfermedad de transmisión sexual, de la cual existen dos tipos: chancro blando y chancro duro.

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