spirochete

See also: spirochète

English

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spirochaete

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Alternative forms

• spirochaete

Etymology

From translingual Spirochaeta.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈspaɪ.ɹəˌkit/

Noun

spirochete (plural spirochetes)

1. Any of several coiled bacteria of the order Spirochaetales, most of which are pathogenic to both humans and other animals.

Derived terms

• fusospirochete
• spirochetemia

Translations

any of several coiled bacteria

Catalan: espiroqueta f Chinese: Mandarin: 螺旋體 / 螺旋体 (zh) (luóxuántǐ) Czech: spirocheta f Esperanto: spiroĥeto, spiroketo Finnish: spirokeetta French: spirochète (fr) f Galician: espiroqueta (gl) f Italian: spirocheta (it) f Spanish: espiroqueta (es) f

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2025), “spirochete”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Italian

Noun

spirochete f

1. plural of spirocheta

Anagrams

• protesiche