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spirochaeta


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Spirochaeta  \Spi`ro*ch[ae]"ta\,  Spirochaete  \Spi`ro*ch[ae]"te\, 
  n.  [L.  spira  a  coil  +  Gr  ???  hair.]  (Biol.) 
  A  genus  of  Spirobacteria  similar  to  Spirillum,  but 
  distinguished  by  its  motility.  One  species,  the 
  {Spiroch[ae]te  Obermeyeri},  is  supposed  to  be  the  cause  of 
  relapsing  fever. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  Spirochaeta 
  n  :  type  genus  of  the  family  Spirochaetaceae;  flexible 
  undulating  chiefly  aquatic  bacteria  [syn:  {Spirochaeta}, 
  {genus  Spirochaeta}] 




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