CHLAMYDIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does chlamydia mean? 

• CHLAMYDIA (noun)
  The noun CHLAMYDIA has 2 senses:

1. a sexually transmitted infection caused by bacteria of the genus Chlamydia
2. coccoid rickettsia infesting birds and mammals; cause infections of eyes and lungs and genitourinary tract

  Familiarity information: CHLAMYDIA used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHLAMYDIA (noun)

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; VD; venereal disease; venereal infection; Venus's curse (a communicable infection transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact)

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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)