CALYMMATOBACTERIUM


Meaning of CALYMMATOBACTERIUM in English

kə|liməd.ō+ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek kalymmat-, kalymma covering + New Latin -o- + Bacterium

: a genus of pleomorphic nonmotile bacterial rods (family Brucellaceae) that includes solely the causative organism of human granuloma inguinale — see donovan body

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.