See Also: treponeme(medicine)
treponeme(dictionary)

treponeme (iou)



treponeme noun. . E20.
[mod. Latin (see below), from Greek trepein turn + nema thread.]
Biology & Medicine. An anaerobic spirochaete of the genus Treponema, parasitic or pathogenic in people and warm-blooded animals, including the causal agents of syphilis, yaws, and pinta.
trepo'nemal adjective of, pertaining to, or caused by treponemes E20.
treponema'tosis noun, pl. -'toses, (a disease caused by) infection with treponemes E20.
treponemi'cidal adjective able to destroy treponemes M20.