2 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Spirochaeta \Spi`ro*chae"ta\, Spirochaete \Spi`ro*chae"te\, n. [L. spira a coil + Gr. ??? hair.] (Biol.) A genus of Spirobacteria similar to Spirillum, but distinguished by its motility. One species, the {Spirochaete Obermeyeri}, is supposed to be the cause of relapsing fever. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: Spirochaeta n : type genus of the family Spirochaetaceae; flexible undulating chiefly aquatic bacteria [syn: {genus Spirochaeta}]
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