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Definition of
chlamydia noun
from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
chlamydia
noun
noun
NAmE
/
/
kləˈmɪdiə
/
/
[
uncountable
]
(
medical
)
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a disease caused by bacteria, that is caught by having sex with an infected person
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