Definitions for spirochetes
spirochetes
spi·ro·chete
Spelling: [spahy-ruh-keet]
IPA: /ˈspaɪ rəˌkit/
Spirochetes is a 11 letter English word.
It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.
You can make 1247 anagrams from letters in spirochetes (ceehioprsst).
Definitions for spirochetes
noun
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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 species being free-living, saprophytic, or parasitic.
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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 species being free-living, saprophytic, or parasitic.
Origin of spirochetes
1875-80; New Latin spīrochaeta. See spiro-2, chaeta-
Examples for spirochetes
By far the most important of these is the spirillum or spirochete of Obermeier, which has been already carefully described.
By far the most important of these is the spirillum or spirochete of Obermeier, which has been already carefully described.