noun
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
• Syn: ↑granuloma venereum
• Hypernyms:
↑venereal disease, ↑VD, ↑venereal infection, ↑social disease, ↑Cupid's itch, ↑Cupid's disease, ↑Venus's curse, ↑dose, ↑sexually transmitted disease, ↑STD
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/ing'gweuh nal"ee, -nay"lee, -nah"lay/, Pathol.
a venereal disease marked by deep ulceration of the skin of the groin and external genitals, caused by the bacterium Calymmatobacterium granulomatis. Also called granuloma venereum /veuh near"ee euhm/.
[1915-20; < NL: inguinal granuloma]
Useful english dictionary. 2012.