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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of a group of bacteria of the genus Chlamydia that include the causative agents of trachoma, psittacosis, and lymphogranuloma venereum.
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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[New Latin, after Sir Samuel Phillips Bedson, (1886–1969), British bacteriologist.]
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