CHLAMYDIA PSITTACI

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Chlamydia psittaci mean? 

• CHLAMYDIA PSITTACI (noun)
  The noun CHLAMYDIA PSITTACI has 1 sense:

1. bacteria responsible for the sexually transmitted disease chlamydia

  Familiarity information: CHLAMYDIA PSITTACI used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHLAMYDIA PSITTACI (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Bacteria responsible for the sexually transmitted disease chlamydia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

C. psittaci; Chlamydia psittaci

Hypernyms ("Chlamydia psittaci" is a kind of...):

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

 Context examples 

Infection with CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI (formerly Chlamydia psittaci), transmitted to man by inhalation of dust-borne contaminated nasal secretions or excreta of infected birds.

(Ornithosis, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

A bacterial infection caused by Chlamydia psittaci.

(Chlamydia Psittaci Infection, NCI Thesaurus)