spirochaete
US spirochete
/ (ˈspaɪrəʊˌkiːt) /
noun
any of a group of spirally coiled rodlike bacteria that includes the causative agent of syphilis: See treponema
Origin of spirochaete
1C19: from New Latin spīrochaeta; see spiro- ², chaeta
Words Nearby spirochaete
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