spirochete

noun

spi·ro·chete ˈspī-rə-ˌkēt How to pronounce spirochete (audio)

variants or less commonly spirochaete

: any of an order (Spirochaetales) of slender spirally undulating bacteria including those causing syphilis and Lyme disease

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web The factor that determines whether acute Lyme disease becomes chronic is the interval between inoculation of the Lyme spirochete and the commencement of adequate treatment.

BostonGlobe.com, 3 June 2022 Multiple sclerosis is often associated with the commonplace Epstein-Barr virus, rheumatic fever with the same bacteria that cause strep throat, and Lyme, famously, with bites from ticks that carry a spirochete called Borrelia burgdorferi.

Ross Douthat, Star Tribune, 2 Feb. 2021 Through this method, India became yaws-free in 2016, though the emergence of antibiotic resistance in the spirochete may complicate efforts.

Quanta Magazine, 3 Dec. 2019 Acute encephalitis syndrome, including Japanese encephalitis, is caused by several different viruses, bacteria, fungi, parasites, spirochetes, chemical and toxins.

Washington Post, 2 Nov. 2019 Barbour had spent the year learning the complex requirements for growing Borrelia, a type of spirochete transmitted by ticks or lice.

Allen Steere, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Aug. 2019 In 1982, while dissecting the mid-gut of a tiny nymphal Ixodes scapularis tick, Burgdorfer noted what looked like spirochetes.

Allen Steere, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Aug. 2019 Ibsen’s ghosts were not just spirochetes but also ideas: the false ones that ruin lives and generations.

Jesse Green, New York Times, 12 Aug. 2019 Infected ticks need to be attached 24 to 72 hours before transmission of the spirochete [bacteria] occurs.

Andrea K. Mcdaniels, baltimoresun.com, 3 July 2018 See More

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from New Latin Spirochaeta, bacterial genus, from Latin spīra "coil, twist, whorl" + Greek -o- -o- + chaítē "growth of hair, flowing locks" — more at spire entry 3, chaeta

Note: The genus was introduced by the German zoologist Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg (1795-1876) in "Dritter Beitrag zur Erkenntnis grosser Organisation in der Richtung des kleinsten Raumes," Physikalische Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin: aus dem Jahre 1833 (Berlin, 1835), p. 313. Ehrenberg had found the organism, which he named Spirochaeta plicatilis (Latin plicātilis "capable of being folded"), in water left from the previous winter ("im überwinterten Wasser") in Berlin on April 2, 1832.

First Known Use

circa 1877, in the meaning defined above

单词	spirochete
释义	spirochete noun spi·ro·chete ˈspī-rə-ˌkēt variants or less commonly spirochaete : any of an order (Spirochaetales) of slender spirally undulating bacteria including those causing syphilis and Lyme disease Example Sentences Recent Examples on the Web The factor that determines whether acute Lyme disease becomes chronic is the interval between inoculation of the Lyme spirochete and the commencement of adequate treatment. BostonGlobe.com, 3 June 2022 Multiple sclerosis is often associated with the commonplace Epstein-Barr virus, rheumatic fever with the same bacteria that cause strep throat, and Lyme, famously, with bites from ticks that carry a spirochete called Borrelia burgdorferi. Ross Douthat, Star Tribune, 2 Feb. 2021 Through this method, India became yaws-free in 2016, though the emergence of antibiotic resistance in the spirochete may complicate efforts. Quanta Magazine, 3 Dec. 2019 Acute encephalitis syndrome, including Japanese encephalitis, is caused by several different viruses, bacteria, fungi, parasites, spirochetes, chemical and toxins. Washington Post, 2 Nov. 2019 Barbour had spent the year learning the complex requirements for growing Borrelia, a type of spirochete transmitted by ticks or lice. Allen Steere, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Aug. 2019 In 1982, while dissecting the mid-gut of a tiny nymphal Ixodes scapularis tick, Burgdorfer noted what looked like spirochetes. Allen Steere, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Aug. 2019 Ibsen’s ghosts were not just spirochetes but also ideas: the false ones that ruin lives and generations. Jesse Green, New York Times, 12 Aug. 2019 Infected ticks need to be attached 24 to 72 hours before transmission of the spirochete [bacteria] occurs. Andrea K. Mcdaniels, baltimoresun.com, 3 July 2018 See More Word History Etymology borrowed from New Latin Spirochaeta, bacterial genus, from Latin spīra "coil, twist, whorl" + Greek -o- -o- + chaítē "growth of hair, flowing locks" — more at spire entry 3, chaeta Note: The genus was introduced by the German zoologist Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg (1795-1876) in "Dritter Beitrag zur Erkenntnis grosser Organisation in der Richtung des kleinsten Raumes," Physikalische Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin: aus dem Jahre 1833 (Berlin, 1835), p. 313. Ehrenberg had found the organism, which he named Spirochaeta plicatilis (Latin plicātilis "capable of being folded"), in water left from the previous winter ("im überwinterten Wasser") in Berlin on April 2, 1832. First Known Use circa 1877, in the meaning defined above Medical Definition spirochete noun spi·ro·chete variants or chiefly British spirochaete ˈspī-rə-ˌkēt : any bacterium of the order Spirochaetales including those causing syphilis and relapsing fever
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spirochete

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