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Spirochete
see synonyms of spirocheteNoun
1. spirochaete, spirochete
parasitic or free-living bacteria; many pathogenic to humans and other animals
WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.
Spirochete
see synonyms of spirochete noun
any of an order (Spirochaetales) of slender, flexible, spiral-shaped bacteria, including some species that cause disease, some that are parasitic, and some that
are free-living
: also sp. ˈspiroˌchaeteWebster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.
Spirochete
see synonyms of spirocheten.
Any of various slender, spiral, motile bacteria of the order Spirochaetales, many of which are pathogenic, causing syphilis, relapsing fever, yaws, and other diseases.
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