ˌmēyəˌgäwəˈnelə noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Yoneji Miyagawa b 1885 Jap. bacteriologist + connective -n- + New Latin -ella
: a genus of coccoid to spherical microorganisms (family Chlamydiaceae) usually placed among the rickettsias and including a number of important parasites (as M. lymphogranulomatis, the cause of venereal lymphogranuloma, and M. psittaci, the cause of psittacosis)