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Word: Spirochaete
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late 19th century: from spiro- ‘in a spiral’ + Greek khaitē ‘long hair’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈspʌɪrə(ʊ)kiːt
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a flexible spirally twisted bacterium, especially one that causes syphilis.
Short Definition:flexible spirally twisted bacterium
Variant Forms:
- spirochete
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