| spirobacteria | Sing. Spirobacterium . [NL. See 4th Spire, and Bacterium. <biology> See the Note under Microbacteria. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| Spirocerca lupi | The oesophageal worm of dogs and other carnivores, a red spiruroid nematode that occurs in nodules in the wall of the oesophagus, stomach, and aorta of dogs, foxes, and wolves; intermediate hosts are various coprophagic beetles. Clinical symptoms occur only in very heavy infections, which are associated with oesophageal carcinomata in dogs and with hypertrophic pulmonary osteoarthropathy. Origin: L., fr. G. Speira, coil, + G. Kerkos, tail; L. Lupus, wolf (05 Mar 2000) |
| spirochaeta | A genus of flexible, spiral rods found in hydrogen sulfide-containing mud, sewage, and polluted water. None of the species properly referred to in this genus are pathogenic. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Spirochaeta obermeieri | A species causing relapsing fever in South America, Europe, Africa, and Asia; transmitted by the bedbug, Cimex lectularius, and the louse, Pediculus humanus subsp. Humanus. Synonym: Obermeier's spirillum, Spirochaeta obermeieri. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Spirochaeta plicatilis | A very large species (sometimes as long as 200 um) of bacteria; it is nonparasitic, so far as known; it is the type species of the genus Spirochaeta. (05 Mar 2000) |
| spirochaetaceae | A family of spiral bacteria of the order spirochaetales. (12 Dec 1998) |
| spirochaetales | An order of slender, flexuous, helically coiled bacteria, with one or more complete turns in the helix. (12 Dec 1998) |
| spirochaetales infections | Infections with bacteria of the order spirochaetales. (12 Dec 1998) |
| spirochaete | An elongated, spirally shaped bacterium, for example the organism responsible for syphilis. (18 Nov 1997) |
| spirochetal | Relating to spirochetes, especially to infection with such organisms. (05 Mar 2000) |
| spirochetal jaundice | Jaundice caused by infection with Leptospira species, usually Leptospira icterohemorrhagica. (05 Mar 2000) |
| spirochete | A microscopic bacterial organism, a spirochete apperars worm-like, spiral-shaped, and wiggles vigorously when viewed under a microscope. Treponema pallidum, the cause of syphilis, is a particularly well-known member of the spirochaeta family. The term spirochete is an odd hybrid of greek and latin roots, the latin spira for coil and the greek chaite for long flowing hair, formed because the spirochete looked like a coil of hair. (12 Dec 1998) |
| spirochetemia | Presence of spirochetes in the blood. Origin: spirochete + G. Haima, blood (05 Mar 2000) |
| spirocheticide | An agent destructive to spirochetes. Origin: spirochete + L. Caedo, to kill (05 Mar 2000) |
| spirochetolysis | Destruction of spirochetes, as by chemotherapy or by specific antibodies. Origin: spirochete + G. Lysis, a loosening (05 Mar 2000) |