lymphogranulomavenereum

lym·pho·gran·u·lo·ma ve·ne·re·um (lĭm'fə-grăn'yə-lōʹmə və-nîrʹrē-əm) n.

A sexually transmitted disease caused by a bacterium (Chlamydia trachomatis) and characterized initially by a genital lesion followed by enlargement of the lymph nodes in the groin area.

  [New Latin : lympho- + granuloma + Latin venereum, neuter of venereus, venereal.]

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