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treponematoses

treponematoses is the plural of treponematosis.

Meaning of treponematosis

Noun

treponematosis (plural treponematoses)

  1. Any of the diseases caused by the bacterium Treponema pallidum, including syphilis, yaws, bejel, and pinta.
    • Anderson (1969, 1982) and Møller-Christensen (1961, 1965), for instance, offered refined diagnostic criteria for recognizing leprosy in human remains based on their extensive clinical and archaeological knowledge, while Hackett (1976) and Rogers and Waldron (1995) closely examined skeletal...2023, Anne L. Grauer, “Introduction” (chapter 1), in The Routledge Handbook of Paleopathology, Routledge, →DOI, →ISBN, page 3

Questions about treponematoses

What is treponematoses the plural of?
Treponematoses is the plural of treponematosis.

Words near treponematoses in the dictionary

  1. trepipam
  2. treponema
  3. treponemal
  4. treponemas
  5. treponemata
  6. treponematoses
  7. treponematosis
  8. treponematous
  9. treponeme
  10. treponemes
  11. treponemiasis

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