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| trep·o·ne·ma [ trèppə nmə ] (plural trep·o·ne·ma·ta [ trèppə nmətə ] or trep·o·ne·mas) or trep·o·neme [ tréppə nm ] (plural trep·o·nemes) |
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disease-causing bacterium: a spirochete bacterium that lives as a parasite in warm-blooded animals. One species causes syphilis in humans. Genus Treponema.
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| [Early 20th century. < modern Latin< Greek trepein "turn" + nēma "thread"] |
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 trep·o·ne·mal adjective |
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