spirilla
- plural of spirillum.
Example Sentences
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He asserts that examinations of the blood during such post-critical febrile rebounds invariably showed an absence of spirilla, so that in his opinion such fever must be considered non-specific.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
Then we have spiro-bacteria, the spirilla and the spirochetæ; the former having short open spirals, the latter long and closely wound spirals.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 787, January 31, 1891 by Various
From carious teeth may be isolated streptothrix, leptothrix, spirilla and fusiform bacilli.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 4 "Diameter" to "Dinarchus" by Various
As early as 1873, spirilla were demonstrated in relapsing fever.
From The Evolution of Modern Medicine A Series of Lectures Delivered at Yale University on the Silliman Foundation in April, 1913 by Osler, William
Examination of the blood prior to the invasion does not discover any spirilla.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
