TREPONEME


Meaning of TREPONEME in English

[ 'trɛpəni:m ]

(also treponema -ə )

■ noun a spirochaete bacterium of a genus ( Treponema ) including the causal agents of syphilis and yaws.

Derivatives

treponemal adjective

Origin

early 20th cent.: from mod. L. Treponema , from Gk trepein 'to turn' + nēma 'thread'.

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