chlamydia

See also: Chlamydia

English

Etymology

From New Latin chlamydia, from Ancient Greek χλαμύδιον (khlamúdion, “small cloak”), from χλαμύς (khlamús, “cloak”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kləˈmɪd.i.ə/
• Rhymes: -ɪdiə

Noun

chlamydia (countable and uncountable, plural chlamydias or chlamydiae)

1. (uncountable) Any of several common, often asymptomatic, sexually transmitted diseases caused by the microorganism Chlamydia trachomatis.
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2. (countable) Any of various coccoid microorganisms of the genus Chlamydia that are pathogenic to humans and other animals.

Derived terms

• chlamydaemia
• chlamydiacidal
• chlamydial
• chlamydiosis

Translations

sexually transmitted disease

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 衣原菌 (zh) (yīyuánjūn), 衣原體／衣原体 (zh) (yīyuántǐ), (Taiwan) 披衣菌 (pīyījūn)

• Esperanto: klamidio
• Estonian: klamüüdia (et)
• Finnish: klamydia (fi)
• French: chlamydia (fr) f
• German: Chlamydien (de) n
• Greek: χλαμύδια f (chlamýdia)
• Indonesian: chlamydia
• Italian: chlamydia f
• Japanese: クラミジア (kuramijia)
• Maori: kōtureture
• Norwegian: klamydia
• Polish: chlamydia f
• Portuguese: clamídia f
• Russian: хлами́дия (ru) f (xlamídija)
• Spanish: clamidia (es) f
• Swahili: klamidia
• Swedish: klamydia (sv) c
• Turkish: klamidya (tr)