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GENUS CHLAMYDIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the family Chlamydiaceae: disease-causing parasites
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Chlamydia" is a kind of...):
bacteria genus (a genus of bacteria)
Meronyms (members of "genus Chlamydia"):
chlamydia (coccoid rickettsia infesting birds and mammals; cause infections of eyes and lungs and genitourinary tract)
Holonyms ("genus Chlamydia" is a member of...):
Chlamydiaceae; family Chlamydiaceae (Gram-negative parasites in warm-blooded vertebrates)
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