granuloma inguinale
[ ing-gwuh-nal-ee, -ney-lee, -nah-ley ]
/ ˌɪŋ gwəˈnæl i, -ˈneɪ li, -ˈnɑ leɪ /
noun Pathology.
a venereal disease marked by deep ulceration of the skin of the groin and external genitals, caused by the bacterium Calymmatobacterium granulomatis.
Also called
granulo·ma ve·ne·re·um
[vuh-neer-ee-uh m] /vəˈnɪər i əm/.
Origin of granuloma inguinale
1915–20; < New Latin: inguinal granuloma
Words nearby granuloma inguinale
Medical definitions for granuloma inguinale
granuloma inguinale
[ ĭng′gwə-nā′lē ]
n.
donovanosis