noun
Gram-negative parasites in warm-blooded vertebrates
• Syn: ↑family Chlamydiaceae
• Hypernyms: ↑bacteria family
• Member Holonyms: ↑Rickettsiales, ↑order Rickettsiales
• Member Meronyms: ↑genus Chlamydia
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\\ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷dēˈāsēˌē\ noun pluralUsage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Chlamydia, type genus (from Greek chlamyd-, chlamys mantle + New Latin -ia) + -aceae
: a family of rickettsiae that are obligate parasites in the cells of warm-blooded vertebrates, that especially attack the conjunctiva, and that include the causative agents of trachoma and of lymphogranuloma inguinale
Useful english dictionary. 2012.