Chlamydia
See also: chlamydia
Translingual
Inclusion bodies of Chlamydia trachomatis
Etymology
New Latin, from Ancient Greek χλαμύς (khlamús, “short mantle, military cloak”) + -ia (taxonomic suffix).
Proper noun
Chlamydia f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Chlamydiaceae – very small parasitic bacterium which, like a virus, requires the biochemical mechanisms of another cell in order to reproduce. Bacteria of this type cause various diseases including trachoma, psittacosis, and non-specific urethritis.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Prokaryota - superkingdom; Bacteria - kingdom; Negibacteria - subkingdom; Verrucomicrobiota - phylum; Chlamydiia - class; Chlamydiales - order; Chlamydiaceae - family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Chlamydia trachomatis - type species; Chlamydia muridarum, Chlamydia suis - other species
Derived terms
Related terms
References
Chlamydia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Chlamydia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Chlamydia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Chlamydia in the Genome Taxonomy Database
- “chlamydia”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
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