Definition of Spirochetes

1. Noun. (plural of spirochete) ¹

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Definition of Spirochetes

1. spirochete [n] - See also: spirochete

Lexicographical Neighbors of Spirochetes

spiro compound
spiro compounds
spiroacetal
spiroacetals
spirobacteria
spirochaeta
spirochaetaceae
spirochaetales
spirochaetales infections
spirochaete
spirochaetes
spirochetal
spirochetal jaundice
spirochete
spirochetemia
spirochetes (current term)
spirocheticide
spirochetolysis
spirochetoses
spirochetosis
spirochetotic
spirochæte
spirocyclic
spirocyclobutane
spirocyclobutanes
spirocycloheptane
spirocycloheptanes
spirocyclohexane
spirocyclohexanes
spirocyclononane

Literary usage of Spirochetes

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Text-book of General Bacteriology by Edwin Oakes Jordan (1921)
"CHAPTER XXVII THE spirochetes Spirally shaped micro-organisms were for a long time ... While there are still some observers who regard the "spirochetes" of ..."

2. The Treatment of Syphilis with Salvarsan by Wilhelm Wechselmann (1911)
"It is not going too far to assume in such cases that one course of mercurial treatment has caused the destruction of all the spirochetes, ..."

3. Protozoölogy by Gary Nathan Calkins (1909)
"It may be pointed out, however, as Schaudinn does, that known forms of spirochetes become progressively smaller with successive divisions, ..."

4. Protozoölogy by Gary Nathan Calkins (1909)
"It may be pointed out, however, as Schaudinn does, that known forms of spirochetes become progressively smaller with successive divisions, ..."

5. A Text-book of General Bacteriology by Edwin Oakes Jordan (1918)
"spirochetes have been cultivated outside the body by Noguchi. His procedure consists in adding a few drops of citrated rat or mouse blood containing the ..."

6. A Text-book of General Bacteriology by Edwin Oakes Jordan (1918)
"spirochetes have been cultivated outside the body by Noguchi. His procedure consists in adding a few drops of citrated rat or mouse blood containing the ..."

7. A Text-book of General Bacteriology by Edwin Oakes Jordan (1918)
"spirochetes have been cultivated outside the body by Noguchi. . His procedure consists in adding a few drops of citrated rat or mouse blood containing the ..."

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