granuloma inguinale

English

Noun

granuloma inguinale (uncountable)

1. A bacterial disease caused by Klebsiella granulomatis characterized by ulcerative genital lesions, endemic in many less developed regions.

Synonyms

• donovanosis
• granuloma genitoinguinale
• granuloma inguinale tropicum
• granuloma venereum
• granuloma venereum genitoinguinale
• lupoid form of groin ulceration
• serpiginous ulceration of the groin
• ulcerating granuloma of the pudendum
• ulcerating sclerosing granuloma

Translations

disease

• Finnish: granuloma inguinale, viides sukupuolitauti

See also

• lymphogranuloma venereum