Noun spirochete has 1 sense
  1. spirochete, spirochaete - parasitic or free-living bacteria; many pathogenic to humans and other animals
    --1 is a kind of eubacteria, eubacterium, true bacteria
    --1 is a member of Spirochaetales, order Spirochaetales
    --1 has particulars:
     treponema; borrelia; Borrelia burgdorferi, Lime disease spirochete; leptospira
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