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leptospire

leptospire noun: any bacterium of the genus Leptospira.

leptospire: any bacterium of the genus Leptospira
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Noun

leptospire (plural leptospires)

  1. Any bacterium of the genus Leptospira.

Forms of leptospire

pluralleptospires

Words formed from leptospire

Questions about leptospire

What does leptospire mean?
Leptospire means any bacterium of the genus Leptospira.
What part of speech is leptospire?
Leptospire is a noun.
What is the plural of leptospire?
The plural of leptospire is leptospires.

Words near leptospire in the dictionary

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

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