Medical Dictionary
Main Entry:
Don·o·van body Pronunciation:
'dän-&-v&n-, 'd&n- Function:
noun : an encapsulated gram-negative bacterium of thegenus
Calymmatobacterium (
C. granulomatis) that is the causative agent of granuloma inguinale and is characterized by one or two opposite polar chromatin masses —compare
LEISHMAN-DONOVAN BODY
C. Donovan —see LEISHMAN-DONOVAN BODY
