treponema
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- noun
- /ˌtrɛpəˈniːmə/
- Specialized
- Applied to a syphilitic liver, Levaditi stain, a silver nitrate stain, darkens the Treponema pallidum spirochetes that cause the disease.
- treponema pallidum
Examples
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Infections like yaws and syphilis are caused by bacteria in the genus Treponema.
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Darkfield microscopy reveals the characteristics of Treponema species.
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And here this is the causative agent, the treponema polydem or spirochete.
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One disease of high import was syphilis, a venereal disease caused by the bacterium Treponema pallidum.
Blog text (34) -
The barge was a gift: a pilot on the Greek-owned Mississippi towboat Treponema had driven it into a protective abutment around a bridge piling.
Fiction book (2001) -
M. tuberculosis is difficult to grow, and Mycobacterium leprae, Treponema pallidum, hepatitis B virus, Chlamydia pneumoniae, Chlamydia trachomatis, and HIV are impossible to grow.
Academic text (2014) -
Syphilis is caused by the spiral-shaped bacterium Treponema pallidum.
Synonyms
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Spiral-shaped bacteria that live without oxygen and can cause disease in animals and humans
Compounds
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Spiral-shaped bacteria that live without oxygen and can cause disease in animals and humans
Surface Forms
Etymology
Treponema comes from Greek parts trepo- ('to turn') and -nema ('thread'), so it pictures a 'turning thread'. That image helps you remember the word because treponema are long, spiral-shaped bacteria like a twisted thread, and some of them cause diseases like syphilis.