HyperDic: genus_treponema

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Treponema:
NOUNanimalgenus Treponematype genus of Treponemataceae
English > genus Treponema: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningtype genus of Treponemataceae: anaerobic spirochetes with an undulating rigid body; parasitic in warm-blooded animals.
Member ofTreponemataceae, family Treponemataceaesmall spirochetes some parasitic or pathogenic
Memberstreponemaspirochete that causes disease in humans (e.g. syphilis and yaws)
Broaderbacteria genusA genus of bacteria
Spanishgenus treponema
Catalangenus treponema

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