spirochete – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
spirochete
n.
any of a number of spiral-shaped bacteria
Spirochaete
spirochete
Noun
1. parasitic or free-living bacteria; many pathogenic to humans and other animals
(synonym) spirochaete
(hypernym) eubacteria, eubacterium, true bacteria
(hyponym) treponema
(member-holonym) Spirochaetales, order Spirochaetales
spirochète
nf.
spirochaete, any of a number of spiral-shaped bacteria
Spirochete
A microscopic bacterial organism, a spirochete apperars worm-like, spiral-shaped, and wiggles vigorously when viewed under a microscope. Treponema pallidum, the cause of syphilis, is a particularly well-known member of the Spirochaeta family. The term spirochete is an odd hybrid of Greek and Latin roots, the Latin "spira" for "coil" and the Greek "chaite" for "long flowing hair," formed because the spirochete looked like a coil of hair.