chlamydia trachomatis

1. 1.

   bacteria responsible for the sexually transmitted diseases chlamydia and lymphogranuloma venereum

   SynonymsC. trachomatis

   Broaderchlamydia

Questions about chlamydia trachomatis

What does chlamydia trachomatis mean?

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

What is another word for chlamydia trachomatis?

Close synonyms include C. 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 chlamydia trachomatis a common word?

chlamydia 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.