chlamydia

Noun

Meaning

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

a sexually transmitted infection caused by bacteria of the genus Chlamydia

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

aids venereal hepatitis scabies herpes clap inguinal gonorrhea pox gonorrhoea syphilis crabs TB sexually transmitted disease social disease

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Hypernyms

disease dose std eubacterium sexually transmitted disease social disease

Hyponyms

Chlamydia trachomatis C. psittaci C. trachomatis Chlamydia psittaci

Phrases with the word

genital chlamydia ocular chlamydia urogenital chlamydia

Examples

About 15,000 men develop reactive arthritis due to chlamydia infection each year in the U.S., and about 5,000 are permanently affected by it. Source: Internet

According to the latest data from the California Department of Public Health, which echo CDC findings, teens and young adults have the highest rates of gonorrhea and chlamydia of all age groups in California. Source: Internet

Chlamydia can also be passed from an infected mother to her baby during vaginal childbirth. Source: Internet

For those who do not improve after three days or who have severe disease intravenous antibiotics should be used. citation Globally about 106 million cases of chlamydia and 106 million cases of gonorrhea occurred in 2008. Source: Internet

Diagnosis Chlamydia trachomatis inclusion bodies (brown) in a McCoy cell culture. Source: Internet

Cause Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae are usually the main cause of PID. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Chlamydera Chlamydera nuchalis chlamydes Chlamydia psittaci Chlamydia trachomatis Chlamydiaceae