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spirochaete |
3 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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Relapsing \Re*laps"ing\, a. Marked by a relapse; falling back tending to return to a former worse state. {Relapsing fever} (Med.), an acute, epidemic, contagious fever, which prevails also endemically in Ireland, Russia, and some other regions. It is marked by one or two remissions of the fever, by articular and muscular pains, and by the presence, during the paroxism of spiral bacterium ({Spiroch[ae]te}) in the blood. It is not usually fatal. Called also {famine fever}, and {recurring fever}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: spirochaete n : parasitic or free-living bacteria; many pathogenic to humans and other animals [syn: {spirochete}]
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