chlamydia
Meaning of chlamydia
noun
a 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.
1960s: modern Latin (plural), from Greek khlamus, khlamud- ‘cloak’.
Information about chlamydia
- It is a name.
- The plural form of chlamydia is: chlamydias.
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Hyphenation of chlamydia
chlamy-dia
- It consists of 2 syllables and 9 chars.
- chlamydia is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
Translation of chlamydia
- Spanish: clamidia
- French: chlamydiose
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