ALL meanings of chlamydia
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C c - uncountable noun chlamydia Chlamydia is a sexually-transmitted disease. 3
- noun chlamydia any Gram-negative bacteria of the genus Chlamydia, which are obligate intracellular parasites and are responsible for such diseases as trachoma, psittacosis, and some sexually transmitted diseases 3
- noun chlamydia a widespread, gonorrhealike venereal disease caused by a bacterium (Chlamydia trachomatis) that also causes trachoma, etc. 3
- noun chlamydia sexually transmitted infection 1
- noun chlamydia A very small parasitic bacterium that, like a virus, requires the biochemical mechanisms of another cell in order to reproduce. Bacteria of this type cause various diseases including trachoma, psittacosis, and nonspecific urethritis. 1
- noun plural chlamydia Microbiology. any coccoid rickettsia of the genus Chlamydia, parasitic in birds and mammals, including humans, and causing various infections, especially of the eyes, as trachoma, lungs, as psittacosis, and genitourinary tract, as urethritis or chlamydia. 1
- noun plural chlamydia Pathology.. Also called lymphogranuloma venereum. a widespread, often asymptomatic sexually transmitted disease caused by Chlamydia trachomatis, a major cause of nongonococcal urethritis in men and pelvic inflammatory disease and ectopic pregnancy in women. 1
- noun chlamydia (Uncountable Noun) Any of several common, often asymptomatic, sexually transmitted diseases caused by the microorganism Chlamydia trachomatis. 0
- noun chlamydia (Countable Noun) Any of various coccoid microorganisms of the genus Chlamydia that are pathogenic to humans and other animals. 0