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Word: Chlamydia
Speech Type: Noun
1960s: modern Latin (plural), from Greek khlamus, khlamud- ‘cloak’
kləˈmɪdɪə
a very small parasitic bacterium which, like a virus, requires the biochemical mechanisms of another cell in order to reproduce. Bacteria of this type cause various diseases including trachoma, psittacosis, and non-specific urethritis.
Short Definition:very small parasitic bacterium which, like virus, requires biochemical mechanisms of another cell
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