Chlamydia trachomatis

from 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}]

from 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.]