Usually means: Bacteria with distinctive spiral shapes.
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  1. spirochetes: Merriam-Webster
  2. spirochetes: Collins English Dictionary
  3. spirochetes: Vocabulary.com
  4. spirochetes: Wordnik
  5. spirochetes: Wiktionary
  6. spirochetes: Dictionary.com
  7. Spirochetes: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. Spirochetes: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. spirochetes: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Spirochetes: Merck Manuals

(Note: See spirochete as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (spirochete)

noun:  Any of several coiled bacteria of the order Spirochaetales, most of which are pathogenic to both humans and other animals.
▸ Also see spirochete


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