Skip to main content
Glite Dictionary
pallidum

pallidum

1 9.9
A pale part inside the brain that helps control movement
  • noun
  • /ˈpælɪdəm/
  • Specialized
translation icon : pálido
  • Treponema pallidum is the bacterium that causes syphilis, affecting various organs in the body.
  • Treponema pallidum

Examples

  • 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)

  • One disease of high import was syphilis, a venereal disease caused by the bacterium Treponema pallidum.

    Blog text (34)

  • In addition, if immunity to one form of the microorganism is attained, the immunity also applies to the other manifested treponemal forms, including pallidum.

    Academic text (2014)

  • Applied to a syphilitic liver, Levaditi stain, a silver nitrate stain, darkens the Treponema pallidum spirochetes that cause the disease.

    Academic text (2010)

  • Doctors often use blood tests to detect the presence of Treponema pallidum in patients suspected of having syphilis.

  • The characteristics of the Treponema pallidum bacterium are crucial for understanding the disease it causes.

Synonyms

globus pallidus
vspallidum
  • Specialized
1 9.9

A deep part of the brain that helps control movement

is the more formal anatomical name for the same structure
paleostriatum
vspallidum
  • Specialized
9.9

Part of the deep brain that helps control movement and balance

focuses on structure rather than on movement function

Compounds

Vaccinium pallidum
  • Specialized
8.8

A low bush that loses its leaves and has dark blue sweet berries like small wild blueberries

Surface Forms

pallidum singular
pallida plural

Etymology

Pallidum comes from the Latin pallidus, meaning 'pale', and is the same root as the English words pallid and pale. That's why the brain part is called the pallidum — it is the 'pale' part of the brain that helps control movement.