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CALYMMATOBACTERIUM GRANULOMATIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Calymmatobacterium granulomatis mean?
• CALYMMATOBACTERIUM GRANULOMATIS (noun)
The noun CALYMMATOBACTERIUM GRANULOMATIS has 1 sense:
1. the species of bacteria that causes granuloma inguinale
Familiarity information: CALYMMATOBACTERIUM GRANULOMATIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• CALYMMATOBACTERIUM GRANULOMATIS (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The species of bacteria that causes granuloma inguinale
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("Calymmatobacterium granulomatis" is a kind of...):
bacteria species (a species of bacteria)
Holonyms ("Calymmatobacterium granulomatis" is a member of...):
Calymmatobacterium; genus Calymmatobacterium (a genus of bacterial rods containing only the one species that causes granuloma inguinale)
Context examples
Anogenital ulcers caused by Calymmatobacterium granulomatis as distinguished from lymphogranuloma inguinale (see LYMPHOGRANULOMA VENEREUM) caused by CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS.
(Granuloma Inguinale, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
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