spirochaete

British

/ ˈspaɪrəʊˌkiːt /

noun

any of a group of spirally coiled rodlike bacteria that includes the causative agent of syphilis See treponema

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Etymology

Origin of spirochaete

C19: from New Latin spīrochaeta; see _spiro- ², _chaeta

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