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CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Bacteria responsible for the sexually transmitted diseases chlamydia and lymphogranuloma venereum

Synonyms:

C. trachomatis; Chlamydia trachomatis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Chlamydia trachomatis" is a kind of...):

chlamydia (coccoid rickettsia infesting birds and mammals; cause infections of eyes and lungs and genitourinary tract)

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 Context examples: 

Chlamydia trachomatis, Neisseria gonorrhea, Mycoplasma, Staphylococcus, and Streptococcus are the most common causative agents.

(Infectious Salpingitis, NCI Thesaurus)