chlamydial

1. 1.

   of or pertaining to the sexually transmitted infection or to the parasite

Questions about chlamydial

What does chlamydial mean?

chlamydial means "of or pertaining to the sexually transmitted infection or to the parasite".

How many syllables are in chlamydial?

chlamydial has 4 syllables and divides as chla-my-di-al under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is chlamydial a common word?

chlamydial 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.