See Also: leptospira(medicine)
leptospira(dictionary)
leptospira canicola(medicine)
leptospira interrogans(medicine)

leptospira (iou)



leptospira noun. . E20.
[mod. Latin (see below), from LEPTO- + Greek speira coil.]
Bacteriology. Any spirochaete bacterium of the genus Leptospira, which includes L. icterohaemorrhagiae, a parasite of rats and the cause of Weil's disease in humans.
leptospiral adjective pertaining to, characteristic of, or caused by leptospirae;
leptospiral jaundice, infectious or spirochaetal jaundice, Weil's disease: E20.
'leptospire noun = LEPTOSPIRA M20.
leptospi'rosis noun, pl. -roses , infection with, or a disease caused by, leptospirae E20.