noun
small spirochetes some parasitic or pathogenic
• Syn: ↑Treponemataceae
• Hypernyms: ↑bacteria family
• Member Holonyms: ↑Spirochaetales, ↑order Spirochaetales
• Member Meronyms: ↑genus Treponema, ↑genus Borrelia, ↑genus Leptospira
Useful english dictionary. 2012.