chlamydia /klə-midˈi-ə/ noun (pl chlamydˈiae /-ī/ or chlamydˈias)

1. Any micro-organisms of the genus Chlamydia, resembling viruses and bacteria, which cause various diseases in man and birds and abortion (chlamydial abortion) in animals
2. A sexually transmitted disease caused by Chlamydia trachomatis

chlamydˈial adjective

chlamydomōˈnas noun

A member of the genus Chlamydomonas of (mainly freshwater) green algae

chlamˈydospore noun

A thick-walled spore of certain fungi