granuloma inguinale

1. 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

   Synonymsgranuloma venereum

   Broadervenereal disease

Questions about granuloma inguinale

What does granuloma inguinale mean?

granuloma inguinale means "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".

What is another word for granuloma inguinale?

Close synonyms include granuloma venereum. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is granuloma inguinale a common word?

granuloma inguinale is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.