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spirochetes

spirochetes is the plural of spirochete.

Meaning of spirochete

Noun

spirochete (plural spirochetes)

  1. Any of several coiled bacteria of the order Spirochaetales, most of which are pathogenic to both humans and other animals.

Questions about spirochetes

What is spirochetes the plural of?
Spirochetes is the plural of spirochete.

Words near spirochetes in the dictionary

  1. spirochetal
  2. spirochete
  3. spirochetemia
  4. spirochetemias
  5. spirochetemic
  6. spirochetes
  7. spirochetic
  8. spirocheticidal
  9. spirocheticide
  10. spirocheticides
  11. spirochetocidal

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