spirochaete
n . 波状菌
波状菌
spirochaete n 1 :
parasitic or free -
living bacteria ;
many pathogenic to humans and other animals [
synonym : {
spirochete }, {
spirochaete }]
Spirochaeta \
Spi `
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ta \,
Spirochaete \
Spi `
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n .
[
L .
spira a coil Gr . ???
hair .] (
Biol .)
A genus of Spirobacteria similar to Spirillum ,
but distinguished by its motility .
One species ,
the {
Spirochaete Obermeyeri },
is supposed to be the cause of relapsing fever .
[
1913 Webster ]
Relapsing \
Re *
laps "
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a .
Marked by a relapse ;
falling back ;
tending to return to a former worse state .
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1913 Webster ]
{
Relapsing fever } (
Med .),
an acute ,
epidemic ,
contagious fever ,
which prevails also endemically in Ireland ,
Russia ,
and some other regions .
It is marked by one or two remissions of the fever ,
by articular and muscular pains ,
and by the presence ,
during the paroxism of spiral bacterium ({
Spirochaete })
in the blood .
It is not usually fatal .
Called also {
famine fever },
and {
recurring fever }.
[
1913 Webster ]
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