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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

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


The 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.]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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