CALYMMATOBACTERIUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Calymmatobacterium mean? 

• CALYMMATOBACTERIUM (noun)
  The noun CALYMMATOBACTERIUM has 1 sense:

1. a genus of bacterial rods containing only the one species that causes granuloma inguinale

  Familiarity information: CALYMMATOBACTERIUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CALYMMATOBACTERIUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A genus of bacterial rods containing only the one species that causes granuloma inguinale

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Calymmatobacterium; genus Calymmatobacterium

Hypernyms ("Calymmatobacterium" is a kind of...):

bacteria; bacterium ((microbiology) single-celled or noncellular spherical or spiral or rod-shaped organisms lacking chlorophyll that reproduce by fission; important as pathogens and for biochemical properties; taxonomy is difficult; often considered to be plants)

Meronyms (members of "Calymmatobacterium"):

Calymmatobacterium granulomatis (the species of bacteria 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)