treponeme
/ˈtrepəniːm/(treponema /-niːmə/)
noun
1- a spirochaete bacterium that is parasitic or pathogenic in humans and warm-blooded animals, including the causal agents of syphilis and yaws密螺旋体。
1.1
- Genus Treponema, order Spirochaetales; Gram-negative.密螺旋体属, 螺旋体目; 革兰氏阴性的。
派生词
treponemal
adjective词源
early 20th cent.: from modern Latin Treponema, from Greek trepein 'to turn' + nēma 'thread'.