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leptospiral

leptospiral adjective: relating to bacteria of the genus Leptospira, or to leptospirosis.

Adjective

leptospiral (not comparable)

  1. Relating to bacteria of the genus Leptospira, or to leptospirosis
    • The average copy number of the leptospiral genome was 1,302 and 20,559 in blood and liver, respectively, of hamsters infected with serovar Manilae and 1,340 and 4,896, respectively, in hamsters infected with serovar Hebdomadis.2015 July 6, “Comparison of Bacterial Burden and Cytokine Gene Expression in Golden Hamsters in Early Phase of Infection with Two Different Strains of Leptospira interrogans”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Words formed from leptospiral

Questions about leptospiral

What does leptospiral mean?
Leptospiral means relating to bacteria of the genus Leptospira, or to leptospirosis.
What part of speech is leptospiral?
Leptospiral is an adjective.

Words near leptospiral in the dictionary

  1. leptosphaeriaceous
  2. leptospira
  3. leptospirae
  4. leptospiraemia
  5. leptospiraemic
  6. leptospiral
  7. leptospiras
  8. leptospire
  9. leptospiremia
  10. leptospiremic
  11. leptospires

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