lymphogranuloma

[ lim-fuh-gran-yuh-loh-muh ]

noun

, Pathology.

, plural lym·pho·gran·u·lo·mas, lym·pho·gran·u·lo·ma·ta [lim-f, uh, -gran-y, uh, -, loh, -m, uh, -t, uh].

1. any of certain diseases characterized by granulomatous lesions of lymph nodes.
2. Also called lymphogranuloma ve·nere·um [v, uh, -, neer, -ee-, uh, m], a venereal form of lymphogranuloma, caused by the bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis and characterized initially by a lesion on the genitals.
3. Obsolete. Hodgkin's disease.

Word History and Origins

Origin of lymphogranuloma¹

First recorded in 1920–25; lympho- + granuloma