| NOUN | state | chlamydia | a sexually transmitted infection caused by bacteria of the genus Chlamydia |
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| animal | chlamydia | coccoid rickettsia infesting birds and mammals |
| Sounds | klaemay'diyah; klaemih'diyah | |
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| Rhymes | Abyssinia ... zinnia: 217 rhymes with iyah... | |
| Meaning | A sexually transmitted infection caused by bacteria of the genus Chlamydia. | |
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| Broader | venereal disease, VD, venereal infection, social disease, Cupid's itch, Cupid's disease, Venus's curse, dose, sexually transmitted disease, STD | A communicable infection transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact |
| Spanish | chlamydia | |
| Adjectives | chlamydial | of or pertaining to the sexually transmitted infection or to the parasite |
| Meaning | coccoid rickettsia infesting birds and mammals; cause infections of eyes and lungs and genitourinary tract. | |
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| Member of | genus Chlamydia | type genus of the family Chlamydiaceae |
| Narrower | Chlamydia psittaci, C. psittaci | bacteria responsible for the sexually transmitted disease chlamydia |
| Chlamydia trachomatis, C. trachomatis | bacteria responsible for the sexually transmitted diseases chlamydia and lymphogranuloma venereum | |
| Broader | eubacteria, eubacterium, true bacteria | A large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls |
| Spanish | chlamydia, clamidia | |
| Adjectives | chlamydial | of or pertaining to the sexually transmitted infection or to the parasite |
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