Spirochete Definition

spīrə-kēt
spirochetes
noun
spirochetes
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.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • spirochaete
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Other Word Forms of Spirochete

Noun

Singular:
spirochete
Plural:
spirochetes

Origin of Spirochete

  • New Latin Spīrochaeta genus name Latin spīra coil spire2 New Latin chaeta bristle, hair chaeta

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Spirochete Sentence Examples

  • Syphilis is caused by the spiral- or coil-shaped bacteria (spirochete), Treponema pallidum.

  • One is a sexually transmitted disease caused by A systemic infection caused by the spirochete Treponema pallidum.

  • Borrelia burgdorferi, the spiral-shaped bacterium called a spirochete, that causes Lyme disease, was not discovered until 1981 by Willy Burgdorfer.

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