antichlamydial

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English

Etymology

anti- +‎ chlamydial

Adjective

antichlamydial (not comparable)

  1. (pharmacology) Acting against chlamydia.
    • 2015 July 25, “Chlamydia trachomatis In Vivo to In Vitro Transition Reveals Mechanisms of Phase Variation and Down-Regulation of Virulence Factors”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
      Although we cannot exclude that inter-clone recombination may have also contributed to this notable frequency increase, values of this magnitude were only previously observed under strong selective pressures with antichlamydial compounds [137 ].

Translations

Noun

antichlamydial (plural antichlamydials)

  1. Such a drug