Spirochete (redirected from spirochaete)

spirochete /spi·ro·chete/ (spi´ro-ket)

1. any microorganism of the order Spirochaetales.

2. an organism of the genus Spirochaeta. spiroche´tal

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spi·ro·chete (spr-kt)

n.

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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Spirochete

Any of a family of spiral- or coil-shaped bacteria known as Spirochetae. L. interrogans is a spirochete, as well as the organisms that cause syphilis and relapsing fever.

Mentioned in: Leptospirosis, Lyme Disease, Syphilis

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spirochete (spī´rkēt´),

n a bacterium of the genus
Spirochaeta that is motile and spiral shaped with flexible filaments. They include the organisms responsible for leprosy, relapsing fever, syphilis, and yaws.

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spirochete

1. a highly coiled bacterium; a general term applied to any organism of the order Spirochaetales, which includes the causative organisms of human syphilis (Treponema pallidum), of avian spirochetosis (Borrelia anserina) and rabbit spirochetosis (Treponema paraluiscuniculi), and associated with swine dysentery (Brachyspirahyodysenteriae) and footrot of sheep.

2. an organism of the genus Spirochaeta.