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Definition of Chlamydia

1. Noun. A sexually transmitted infection caused by bacteria of the genus Chlamydia.

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

Definition of Chlamydia

1. [n CHLAMYDIAE]

Medical Definition of Chlamydia

1. Genus of minute prokaryotes that replicate in cytoplasmic vacuoles within susceptible eukaryotic cells. Genome about one third that of E. Coli, Chlamydia trachomatis causes trachoma in man, Chlamydia psittaci causes economically important diseases of poultry. Infection caused by Chlamydia trachomatis are the most common bacterial sexually transmitted infection, with an calculated annual incidence of 4.5 million cases in the USA. Chlamydia can cause a spectrum of infections including urethritis, epididymitis and proctitis in men, cervicitis, salpingitis and acute urethral syndrome in women and conjunctivitis and pneumonia in newborn infants. (05 Jan 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chlamydia

chizz chizzed chizzes chizzing chi sequence chi site chi squared chi structure chk1 protein kinase CHL

chlamydeous Chlamydera Chlamydera nuchalis chlamydes Chlamydia chlamydia (current term) chlamydiaceae Chlamydiaceae chlamydiaceae infections chlamydiae

chlamydial chlamydial chlamydiales chlamydial arthritis chlamydia infections chlamydia pneumonia chlamydia pneumoniae chlamydia psittaci Chlamydia psittaci chlamydia trachomatis

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