Donovan body
noun
                                                                                                                            
                                                            Don·o·van body
                    
                                                                                                              
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                                                      : an encapsulated gram-negative bacterium of the genus Klebsiella (K. granulomatis synonym Calymmatobacterium granulomatis) that is the causative agent of granuloma inguinale and is characterized by one or two opposite polar chromatin masses   compare leishman-donovan body                                      
                
                    
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