"chlamydia" | Definition and Related Words

Noun

A sexually transmitted infection caused by bacteria of the genus Chlamydia (synset 114199061)
is a type 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
Coccoid rickettsia infesting birds and mammals;
Cause infections of eyes and lungs and genitourinary tract (synset 101375350)
is a type of: eubacteria, eubacterium, true bacteria - a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagella
subtypes:
- 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
belongs to: genus chlamydia - type genus of the family Chlamydiaceae: disease-causing parasites