Don·o·van body 'dän-ə-vən-, 'dən- n 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 C. Donovan see LEISHMAN-DONOVAN BODY
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1. Klebsiella granulomatis. 2. amastigote.Medical dictionary. 2011.