spirochaete noun. ['spʌɪrǝ(ʊ)ki:t] Also spirochete. L19.
[from SPIRO- + mod. Latin CHAETA.]
A bacterium of a type having a highly twisted spiral form; spec. any of the order Spirochaetales, comprising motile non-spore-forming flexible micro-organisms including the pathogens of syphilis and other diseases.

■ spiro'chaetal adjective that is a spirochaete; caused by spirochaetes: E20.

■ spirochaeti'cidal adjective lethal to spirochaetes E20.

■ spiro'chaeticide noun a spirochaeticidal substance E20.

■ spirochae'tosis noun, pl. -toses [-'tǝʊsi:z], infection with, or a disease caused by, spirochaetes E20.

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