chlamydia
noun/kləˈmɪdiə/
/kləˈmɪdiə/
[uncountable] (medical)- a disease caused by bacteria that is caught by having sex with a person who already has the diseaseWord Origin1960s: modern Latin (plural), from Greek khlamus, khlamud- ‘cloak’.
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