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CHLAMYDIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Coccoid rickettsia infesting birds and mammals; cause infections of eyes and lungs and genitourinary tract
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("chlamydia" is a kind of...):
eubacteria; eubacterium; true bacteria (a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagella)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "chlamydia"):
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)
Holonyms ("chlamydia" is a member of...):
genus Chlamydia (type genus of the family Chlamydiaceae: disease-causing parasites)
Derivation:
chlamydial (of or pertaining to the sexually transmitted infection or to the parasite)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A sexually transmitted infection caused by bacteria of the genus Chlamydia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("chlamydia" is a kind of...):
Cupid's disease; Cupid's itch; dose; sexually transmitted disease; social disease; STD; VD; venereal disease; venereal infection; Venus's curse (a communicable infection transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact)
Derivation:
chlamydial (of or pertaining to the sexually transmitted infection or to the parasite)
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