Meanings
- uncountableA 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
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA bacterial disease caused by Klebsiella granulomatis characterized by ulcerative genital lesions, endemic in many less developed regions.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna venereal disease caused by a bacterium of the genus Calymmatobacterium; characterized by a pimply rash of the skin in the genital and groin region
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
A New Latin construction, from grānulōma (“granuloma”) + inguinālis (“inguinal, of the groin”).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 腹股溝肉芽腫 /腹股沟肉芽肿
- 腹股溝肉芽腫 /腹股沟肉芽肿 (fùgǔgōu ròuyázhǒng)disease
Finnish granuloma inguinale, viides sukupuolitauti
- granuloma inguinaledisease
- viides sukupuolitautidisease
Latin grānulōma inguināle
- grānulōma inguināledisease
Polish ziarniniak pachwinowy
- ziarniniak pachwinowydisease
Spanish granuloma inguinal
- granuloma inguinaldisease
Cite this entry
granuloma inguinale. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/granuloma%20inguinale
“granuloma inguinale.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/granuloma%20inguinale. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “granuloma inguinale,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/granuloma%20inguinale.
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