granuloma inguinale
A bacterial disease caused by Klebsiella granulomatis characterized by ulcerative…A bacterial disease caused by Klebsiella granulomatis characterized by ulcerative genital lesions, endemic in many less developed regions.
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable)A bacterial disease caused by Klebsiella granulomatis characterized by ulcerative genital lesions, endemic in many less developed regions.
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
Translations
2 languagesOrigin
A New Latin construction, from grānulōma (“granuloma”) + inguinālis (“inguinal, of the groA New Latin construction, from grānulōma (“granuloma”) + inguinālis (“inguinal, of the groin”).
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Synonyms
9 synonymsdonovanosisgranuloma genitoinguinalegranuloma inguinale tropicumgranuloma venereumgranuloma venereum genitoinguinalelupoid form of groin ulcerationserpiginous ulceration of the groinulcerating granuloma of the pudendumulcerating sclerosing granuloma
Close in meaning
- 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:granuloma venereum
Word family
1 related wordsRelatedlymphogranuloma venereum
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable