chlamydia trachomatis

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chlamydia trachomatis - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Trachoma \Tra*cho"ma\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? roughness, fr. ?
     rough.] (Med.)
     a contagious granular conjunctivitis caused by the bacterium
     Chlamydia trachomatis. It is a chronic inflammation of the
     conjunctiva -- Tra*chom"a*tous, a.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

chlamydia trachomatis - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Chlamydia trachomatis
      n 1: bacteria responsible for the sexually transmitted diseases
           chlamydia and lymphogranuloma venereum [syn: Chlamydia trachomatis
           , C. trachomatis]