See Also: Yugoslav(dictionary)

treponeme (iou) and Yugoslav (iou)


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.

Yugoslav (iou)



Yugoslav noun & adjective. Also Jugoslav. M19.
[Austrian German Jugoslav, from Serbo-Croat jugo- combining form of jug south + SLAV.]
A. noun. Orig., a member of any of various groups of southern Slavs (Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes). Later (Hist.), a Yugoslavian. M19.
b. adjective. Of or pertaining to the southern Slavs or the Yugoslavians. M19.