释义 |
chla·myd·i·a·ce·ae \ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷dēˈāsēˌē\ noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Chlamydia, type genus (from Greek chlamyd-, chlamys mantle + New Latin -ia) + -aceae : a family of rickettsiae that are obligate parasites in the cells of warm-blooded vertebrates, that especially attack the conjunctiva, and that include the causative agents of trachoma and of lymphogranuloma inguinale |