a very small parasitic bacterium which, like a virus, requires the biochemical mechanisms of another cell in order to reproduce. Bacteria of this type cause various diseases including trachoma, psittacosis, and non-specific urethritis 衣原体
Genus Chlamydia and order Chlamydiales 衣原体属,衣原体目
派生 chlamydial adjective 语源
1960s: modern Latin (plural), from Greek khlamus, khlamud- 'cloak'