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any of several coiled bacteria, of the order Spirochaetales, most of which are pathogenic to both humans and animals
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spirochète — [ spirɔkɛt ] n. m. • 1875; du rad. de spire et gr. khaitê « longs cheveux, crinière » ♦ Microbiol. Micro organisme à corps grêle et spiralé, mobile par des mouvements en vrille. ⇒ leptospire, tréponème. ● spirochète nom masculin Nom générique des … Encyclopédie Universelle
spirochete — 1877, from Mod.L. Spirochæta, the genus name, from spiro Mod.L. comb. form of Gk. speira a coil (see SPIRAL (Cf. spiral)) + Gk. chaite hair … Etymology dictionary
spirochete — [spī′rō kēt΄] n. [< ModL Spirochaeta < Gr speira,SPIRE1 + chaitē, hair] 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… … English World dictionary
Spirochète — Spirochaetes Spirochètes … Wikipédia en Français
spirochete — spirochetal, spirochetic, adj. /spuy reuh keet /, n. any of various spiral shaped motile bacteria of the family Spirochaetaceae, certain species, as Treponema, Leptospira, and Borrelia, being pathogenic to humans and other animals, and other… … Universalium
Spirochete — A microscopic bacterial organism in the Spirochaeta family. Spirochetes have a worm like, spiral shaped form, and wiggle vigorously when viewed under a microscope. Treponema pallidum, the cause of syphilis, is a particularly well known member… … Medical dictionary
spirochete — noun parasitic or free living bacteria; many pathogenic to humans and other animals • Syn: ↑spirochaete • Hypernyms: ↑eubacteria, ↑eubacterium, ↑true bacteria • Hyponyms: ↑treponema, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
spirochete — also spirochaete noun Etymology: New Latin Spirochaeta, genus of bacteria, from Latin spira coil + Greek chaitē long hair more at spire Date: circa 1877 any of an order (Spirochaetales) of slender spirally undulating bacteria including those… … New Collegiate Dictionary
spirochete — (spi ro kĭt) A flexible, spiral shaped bacterium with periplasmic flagella … Dictionary of microbiology
spirochete — Synonyms and related words: adenovirus, aerobe, aerobic bacteria, amoeba, anaerobe, anaerobic bacteria, bacillus, bacteria, bacterium, bug, coccus, disease producing microorganism, echovirus, enterovirus, filterable virus, fungus, germ, gram… … Moby Thesaurus
