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granuloma inguinale

American

[ing-gwuh-nal-ee, -ney-lee, -nah-ley] / ˌɪŋ gwəˈnæl i, -ˈneɪ li, -ˈnɑ leɪ /

noun

Pathology.

a venereal disease marked by deep ulceration of the skin of the groin and external genitals, caused by the bacterium Calymmatobacterium granulomatis.

1915–20; < New Latin: inguinal granuloma

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