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C. PSITTACI
Dictionary entry overview: What does C. psittaci mean?
• C. PSITTACI (noun)
The noun C. PSITTACI has 1 sense:
1. bacteria responsible for the sexually transmitted disease chlamydia
Familiarity information: C. PSITTACI used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Bacteria responsible for the sexually transmitted disease chlamydia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
C. psittaci; Chlamydia psittaci
Hypernyms ("C. psittaci" is a kind of...):
chlamydia (coccoid rickettsia infesting birds and mammals; cause infections of eyes and lungs and genitourinary tract)
Context examples
C. psittaci is pathogenic, being the causative agent of endemic avian chlamydiosis and epizootic infection in mammals.
(Chlamydophila psittaci, NCI Thesaurus)
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