a. [f. CHANCRE + -OUS, or ad. F. chancreux.] Pertaining to, characterized by, or of the nature of a chancre.
1751. R. Brookes, Gen. Pract. Physic (1758), II. 46. Chancrous Ulcerations.
1785. J. Pearson, in Med. Commun., II. 66. The … true chancrous appearance.
1807–26. S. Cooper, First Lines Surg., 227. The chancrous ulcer.
