chlamydia

English Thesaurus

1. coccoid rickettsia infesting birds and mammals; cause infections of eyes and lungs and genitourinary tract (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	eubacteria, eubacterium, true bacteria,
definition	:	a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagella (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	c. psittaci, chlamydia psittaci,
definition	:	bacteria responsible for the sexually transmitted disease chlamydia (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	c. trachomatis, chlamydia trachomatis,
definition	:	bacteria responsible for the sexually transmitted diseases chlamydia and lymphogranuloma venereum (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	genus chlamydia,
definition	:	type genus of the family Chlamydiaceae: disease-causing parasites (noun.animal)

2. a sexually transmitted infection caused by bacteria of the genus Chlamydia (noun.state)

hypernym	:	cupid's disease, cupid's itch, dose, sexually transmitted disease, social disease, std, vd, venereal disease, venereal infection, venus's curse,
definition	:	a communicable infection transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact (noun.state)

3. coccoid rickettsia infesting birds and mammals; cause infections of eyes and lungs and genitourinary tract (noun.animal)

derivation	:	chlamydial, chlamydial,
definition	:	of or pertaining to the sexually transmitted infection or to the parasite (adj.pert)

derivation	:	chlamydial, chlamydial,
definition	:	of or pertaining to the sexually transmitted infection or to the parasite (adj.pert)