granuloma venereum

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 inguinale

   Broadervenereal disease

Questions about granuloma venereum

What does granuloma venereum mean?

granuloma venereum 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 venereum?

Close synonyms include granuloma inguinale. 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 venereum a common word?

granuloma venereum 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.