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treponema
noun pl. treponemas or treponemata
any of a genus (Treponema) of slender spirochetes parasitic in mammals and birds, including some that are pathogenic to humans, as the organisms causing syphilis and yaws
Related Forms:
- treponemal adjective or treponematous
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