ˌtrepəˈnēmə noun
Etymology: New Latin, from Greek trepein to turn + New Latin -o- + -nema — more at trope
1. capitalized : the type genus of Treponemataceae comprising anaerobic spirochetes that are parasitic in warm-blooded animals and man, have an undulating or rigid body without a columella, and sometimes terminate in tapering ends resembling flagella — see syphilis , yaws
2. plural treponema·ta -məd.ə or treponemas : any spirochete of the genus Treponema
• trep·o·nem·a·tous | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|neməd.əs, -|nēm- adjective