c. trachomatis

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   bacteria responsible for the sexually transmitted diseases chlamydia and lymphogranuloma venereum

   SynonymsChlamydia trachomatis

   Broaderchlamydia

Questions about c. trachomatis

What does c. trachomatis mean?

c. trachomatis means "bacteria responsible for the sexually transmitted diseases chlamydia and lymphogranuloma venereum".

What is another word for c. trachomatis?

Close synonyms include Chlamydia trachomatis. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is c. trachomatis a common word?

c. trachomatis is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.