Medical Dictionary

Donovan body

noun Don·o·van body \ˈdän-ə-vən-, ˈdən-\

Medical Definition of DONOVAN BODY

:  an encapsulated gram-negative bacterium of the genus 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

Biographical Note for DONOVAN BODY

C. Donovan —see leishman-donovan body

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