granuloma inguinale

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(dŏn'ə-və-nō'sĭs)
n.

A chronic destructive ulceration of the inguinal region and the external genitalia caused by Calymmatobacterium granulomatis, which is observed intracellularly as Leishman-Donovan bodies in the infected tissue. Also called granuloma inguinale.

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Meaning #1: a venereal disease caused by a bacterium of the genus Calymmatobacterium; characterized by a pimply rash of the skin in the genital and groin region
Synonym: granuloma venereum

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