Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun 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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- noun any of several
coiled bacteria , of theorder Spirochaetales , most of which arepathogenic to bothhumans andanimals
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- noun parasitic or free-living bacteria; many pathogenic to humans and other animals
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Syphilis is caused by an organism called Treponema pallidum, which is a type of bacterium called a spirochete, and is characterised by three stages: primary syphilis, secondary syphilis and tertiary syphilis.
Bedlam Catharine Arnold 2008
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Syphilis is caused by an organism called Treponema pallidum, which is a type of bacterium called a spirochete, and is characterised by three stages: primary syphilis, secondary syphilis and tertiary syphilis.
Bedlam Catharine Arnold 2008
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Syphilis is caused by an organism called Treponema pallidum, which is a type of bacterium called a spirochete, and is characterised by three stages: primary syphilis, secondary syphilis and tertiary syphilis.
Bedlam Catharine Arnold 2008
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Caused by the bacteria known as a spirochete (the same bacteria that causes syphilis), it is contracted by drinking water contaminated with animal urine.
Science Blog - Science news straight from the source wilkinae 2008
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She thinks the flagellum came about by symbiogenesis of a spirochete with another bacteria.
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Perhaps their two functioning brain cells are held together by a spirochete? —
Think Progress » Palin bars media from two upcoming Florida events. 2010
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Perhaps their two functioning brain cells are held together by a spirochete?
Think Progress » Palin bars media from two upcoming Florida events. 2010
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Damn spirochete tries to kick my ass, I will kick its ass.
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The logic was circular, the language tethered only to itself, not to something as solid as a spirochete or a bacillus.
MANUFACTURING DEPRESSION Gary Greenberg 2010
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Because it vaguely resembled the spiraling trypanosomes, it made sense to see whether compound 418, which had killed those germs so well, would also attack the syphilis spirochete.
MANUFACTURING DEPRESSION Gary Greenberg 2010
chained_bear commented on the word spirochete
reesetee, this one is definitely worse than it sounds, no? It's an awfully pretty word for such a nasty thing.
May 24, 2008
reesetee commented on the word spirochete
Oh, yes. Good catch. :-)
May 24, 2008