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

1. 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

• Chlamydiaceae
• Chlamydiales
• Chlamydiia

Related terms

• Chlamydophila

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.