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[syn: Chlamydia trachomatis, C. trachomatis]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Trachoma \Tra*cho"ma\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? roughness, fr. ?
rough.] (Med.)
a contagious granular conjunctivitis caused by the bacterium
Chlamydia trachomatis. It is a chronic inflammation of the
conjunctiva -- Tra*chom"a*tous, a.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Chlamydia trachomatis
n 1: bacteria responsible for the sexually transmitted diseases
chlamydia and lymphogranuloma venereum [syn: Chlamydia
trachomatis, C. trachomatis]