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3 total sentences available.
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.
Source: wiktionary
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.
Source: wiktionary
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.
Source: wiktionary
Closest matches include abscess, acquired syphilis, aposteme, balanitis gangrenosa, bed sore.
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