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CALYMMATOBACTERIUM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A genus of bacterial rods containing only the one species that causes granuloma inguinale
Synonyms:
Calymmatobacterium; genus Calymmatobacterium
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Calymmatobacterium" is a kind of...):
bacteria; bacterium ((microbiology) single-celled or noncellular spherical or spiral or rod-shaped organisms lacking chlorophyll that reproduce by fission; important as pathogens and for biochemical properties; taxonomy is difficult; often considered to be plants)
Meronyms (members of "Calymmatobacterium"):
Calymmatobacterium granulomatis (the species of bacteria that causes granuloma inguinale)
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