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treponema

trep·o·ne·ma
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    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [trep-uh-nee-muh]
    • /ˌtrɛp əˈni mə/
    • /trˈepəʊnmə/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [trep-uh-nee-muh]
    • /ˌtrɛp əˈni mə/

Definitions of treponema word

  • noun plural treponema any of several anaerobic spirochetes of the genus Treponema, certain species of which are parasitic in and pathogenic for humans and warm-blooded animals. 1
  • noun treponema any anaerobic spirochaete bacterium of the genus Treponema, such as T. pallidum which causes syphilis 0
  • noun treponema any of a genus (Treponema) of slender spirochetes parasitic in mammals and birds, including some that are pathogenic to humans, as the organisms causing syphilis and yaws 0
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Origin of treponema

First appearance:

before 1905
One of the 15% newest English words
1905-10; < New Latin: genus name < Greek trép(ein) to turn + -o- -o- + nêma thread

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Related words

  • treponematosis

    an infection caused by an organism of the genus Treponema, as syphilis, pinta, bejel, or yaws.

  • bejel

    a nonvenereal syphilis occurring mainly among children in certain subtropical areas of southern Africa and southeastern Asia, caused by the spirochete strain Treponema pallidum endemicum.

  • pinta

    one of the three ships under the command of Columbus during his first voyage to America in 1492.

  • spirochete

    any of various spiral-shaped motile bacteria of the family Spirochaetaceae, certain species, as Treponema, Leptospira, and Borrelia, being pathogenic to humans and other animals, and other species being free-living, saprophytic, or parasitic.

  • syphilis

    a chronic infectious disease, caused by a spirochete, Treponema pallidum, usually venereal in origin but often congenital, and affecting almost any organ or tissue in the body, especially the genitals, skin, mucous membranes, aorta, brain, liver, bones, and nerves.

  • yaws

    one of the lesions of yaws.
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