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GRANULOMA INGUINALE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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
Synonyms:
granuloma inguinale; granuloma venereum
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("granuloma inguinale" is a kind of...):
Cupid's disease; Cupid's itch; dose; sexually transmitted disease; social disease; STD; VD; venereal disease; venereal infection; Venus's curse (a communicable infection transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact)