any disease, as syphilis or relapsing fever, caused by spirochetes
spirochetosis in American English
(ˌspairəkiˈtousɪs)
noun
Pathology
a disease caused by infection with a spirochete
Also: spirochaetosis
Derived forms
spirochetoticspirochaetotic (ˌspairəkiˈtɑtɪk)
adjective
Word origin
[1920–25; spirochete + -osis]This word is first recorded in the period 1920–25. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Unknown Soldier, follow-up, ski jump, slalom, zipper-osis is a suffix occurring in nouns that denote actions, conditions, or states (hypnosis; leukocytosis; osmosis), esp. disorders or abnormal states (chlorosis; neurofibromatosis; tuberculosis)
Examples of 'spirochetosis' in a sentence
spirochetosis
Spirochetosis should now be tracked in the setting of cholera outbreaks.
Eric J. Nelson, Angela Tanudra, Ashrafuzzaman Chowdhury, Anne V. Kane, Firdausi Qadri,Stephen B. Calderwood, Jenifer Coburn, Andrew Camilli 2009, 'High Prevalence of Spirochetosis in Cholera Patients, Bangladesh', Emerging Infectious Diseaseshttps://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/15/4/08-1214_article. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
He was then admitted to an internal medicine ward where the diagnosis of intestinal spirochetosis was made.
Filipa Brás Monteiro, Sofia Cristóvão Ferreira, Rita Mendes 2017, 'An Uncommon Cause of Diarrhoea and the Importance of an Internist Approach', European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicinehttp://ejcrim.com/index.php/EJCRIM/article/view/501. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
However, modern poultry production units located in the same areas were faced with epizootics of avian spirochetosis.
A. Gueye, M. Sylla, A. Diouf, I. Touré, J.L. Camicas 2004, 'Distribution and Seasonal Variations of Argas persicus in Senegal', Revue d'Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicauxhttp://revues.cirad.fr/index.php/REMVT/article/view/9907. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)