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chlamydia

DEFINITIONS OF: chlamydia

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n a sexually transmitted infection caused by bacteria of the genus Chlamydia

Type of:
Cupid's disease, Cupid's itch, STD, VD, Venus's curse, dose, sexually transmitted disease, social disease, venereal disease, venereal infection
a communicable infection transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact

n coccoid rickettsia infesting birds and mammals; cause infections of eyes and lungs and genitourinary tract

Types:
C. psittaci, Chlamydia psittaci
bacteria responsible for the sexually transmitted disease chlamydia
C. trachomatis, Chlamydia trachomatis
bacteria responsible for the sexually transmitted diseases chlamydia and lymphogranuloma venereum
Type of:
eubacteria, eubacterium, true bacteria
a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagella
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