Bedsonia Definition

bĕd-sōnē-ə
bedsonia
noun
Any of a group of bacteria of the genus Chlamydia that include the causative agents of trachoma, psittacosis, and lymphogranuloma venereum.
American Heritage Medicine

Origin of Bedsonia

  • New Latin after Sir Samuel Phillips Bedson (1886–1969), British bacteriologist

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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