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treponemic

treponemic is the alternative form of treponemal.

Meaning of treponemal

Adjective

treponemal (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to or caused by treponema
    • Tuberculosis developed, as did pinta and other treponemal infections, including non-venereal syphilis, various diseases caused by intestinal parasites, and Chagas' disease.1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society, published 2016, page 159

Questions about treponemic

What is treponemic the alternative form of?
Treponemic is the alternative form of treponemal.

Words near treponemic in the dictionary

  1. treponematosis
  2. treponematous
  3. treponeme
  4. treponemes
  5. treponemiasis
  6. treponemic
  7. treponemicidal
  8. treponemicide
  9. treponemicides
  10. trepopnea
  11. trepopneas

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