̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷dēˈāsēˌē noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Chlamydia, type genus (from Greek chlamyd-, chlamys mantle + New Latin -ia ) + -aceae
: a family of rickettsiae that are obligate parasites in the cells of warm-blooded vertebrates, that especially attack the conjunctiva, and that include the causative agents of trachoma and of lymphogranuloma inguinale