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spirochaete

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/ ˈspaɪrəʊˌkiːt /

noun

  1. 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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