CHLAMYDIACEAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Chlamydiaceae mean? 

• CHLAMYDIACEAE (noun)
  The noun CHLAMYDIACEAE has 1 sense:

1. Gram-negative parasites in warm-blooded vertebrates

  Familiarity information: CHLAMYDIACEAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHLAMYDIACEAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Gram-negative parasites in warm-blooded vertebrates

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Chlamydiaceae; family Chlamydiaceae

Hypernyms ("Chlamydiaceae" is a kind of...):

bacteria family (a family of bacteria)

Meronyms (members of "Chlamydiaceae"):

genus Chlamydia (type genus of the family Chlamydiaceae: disease-causing parasites)

Holonyms ("Chlamydiaceae" is a member of...):

order Rickettsiales; Rickettsiales (pleomorphic Gram-negative microorganisms)

 Context examples 

A genus of Gram negative, obligately intracellular, parasitic bacterium in the phylum Chalmydiae and the family Chlamydiaceae.

(Chlamydophila, NCI Thesaurus)