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chlamydia::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | std, vd, venereal disease, venereal infection, cupid's disease, cupid's itch, dose, venus's curse, sexually transmitted disease, social disease |
| Derivation | chlamydial |
chlamydia::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | eubacteria, eubacterium, true bacteria |
| Has types | c. psittaci, c. trachomatis, chlamydia psittaci, chlamydia trachomatis |
| Derivation | chlamydial |
Examples of chlamydia
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Cases of gonorrhoea have increased by 81 per cent and chlamydia by 113 per cent.
From the menmedia.co.uk
Chlamydia and gonorrhea are easily treated with a one-time dose of antibiotics.
From the thenewstribune.com
Chlamydia has the highest infection rate of all the STIs reported in Australia.
From the sciencedaily.com
Chlamydia was implicated via lung x-rays in two deaths in the Chinese outbreak.
From the newscientist.com
In addition, chlamydia often infects silently, with few or no initial symptoms.
From the time.com
Health officials believe as many as 2.8 million Americans get chlamydia each year.
From the usatoday.com
Until recently, doctors believed that chlamydia threatened women's fertility only.
From the newscientist.com
It even offers a full line of STDs, including gonorrhea, herpes and chlamydia.
From the denverpost.com
In fact, the incidence of chlamydia may be 25 times as high among circumcised men.
From the time.com
- A sexually transmitted infection caused by bacteria of the genus Chlamydia
- Coccoid rickettsia infesting birds and mammals; cause infections of eyes and lungs and genitourinary tract
- (chlamydial) of or pertaining to the sexually transmitted infection or to the parasite
- Chlamydiae is a bacterial phylum and class whose members are obligate intracellular pathogens. Many Chlamydiae coexist in an asymptomatic state within specific hosts, and it is widely believed that these hosts provide a natural reservoir for these species.
- Any of several common, often asymptomatic, sexually transmitted diseases caused by the microorganism Chlamydia trachomatis; Any of various coccoid microorganisms of the genus Chlamydia that are pathogenic to humans and other animals
- A taxonomic genus, within family Chlamydiaceae - the chlamydia microorganisms
- The bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis is responsible for many reproductively significant clinical syndromes including nongonoccocal urethritis (NGU) or epididymitis in men and mucopurulent cervicitis and pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) in women. ...
- A sexually transmitted disease caused by a parasitic bacterium that lives inside cells of the reproductive tract.
- A common STD caused by a bacteria, Chlamydia trachomatis, that can be passed from person to person during unprotected vaginal, anal and oral sex...even if the tongue, penis or sex toy doesn't fully penetrate the anus or vagina.
