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Definition of Spirochaete
1. Noun. Parasitic or free-living bacteria; many pathogenic to humans and other animals.
Generic synonyms: Eubacteria, Eubacterium, True Bacteria
Group relationships: Order Spirochaetales, Spirochaetales
Specialized synonyms: Treponema, Borrelia, Borrelia Burgdorferi, Lime Disease Spirochete, Leptospira
Definition of Spirochaete
1. Noun. alternative spelling of spirochete ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Spirochaete
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Spirochaete
1. An elongated, spirally shaped bacterium, for example the organism responsible for syphilis. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Spirochaete
Literary usage of Spirochaete
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Animal Parasites and Human Disease by Asa Crawford Chandler (1918)
"Other spirochaete Diseases spirochaetes, often in association with ... It is
infectious and is probably caused by a delicate spirochaete found on the ..."
2. Animal Parasites and Human Disease by Asa Crawford Chandler (1918)
"... spongy and tender gums over which a whitish pellicle forms. It is infectious
and is probably caused by a delicate spirochaete found on the ..."
3. A Handbook of pathological anatomy and histology: With an Introductory by Francis Delafield, Theophil Mitchell Prudden (1889)
"... IN THE BLOOD IN A CASE OF RELAPSING FEVER. there is every reason for believing
that the spirochaete ..."
4. Chemical and Micoscopical Diagnosis by Francis Carter Wood (1909)
"... spirochaete pallida,4 has occasionally been found in the blood of persons
suffering from syphilis, i Journal of Infectious Diseases, 1904, vol. i, p. 1. ..."
5. Handbook of Medical Entomology by William Albert Riley, Oskar Augustus Johannsen (1915)
"disassociation of the spirochaete into granules as simply the first phase, ...
Other spirochaete Diseases of Animals—About a score of other blood inhabiting ..."
6. Mycology of the Mouth: A Text-book of Oral Bacteria by Kenneth Weldon Goadby (1903)
"(5) spirochaete dentium. (6) lodo coccus vaginatus. Miller found that all these
organisms refused to grow upon the ordinary culture media, and in no case ..."
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