See Also: spirochaete(medicine)
spirochaete(dictionary)

collarette (iou) and spirochaete (iou)


collarette (iou)



collarette noun. L17.
[French collerette dim. of collier COLLAR noun: see -ETTE.]
A woman's ornamental collar of lace, fur, etc. L17.
A dahlia with shortened petals immediately surrounding the centre, and flat outer petals. E20.

spirochaete (iou)



spirochaete noun. Also spirochete. L19.
[from SPIRO- + mod. Latin CHAETA.]
A bacterium of a type having a highly twisted spiral form; spec. any of the order Spirochaetales, comprising motile non-spore-forming flexible micro-organisms including the pathogens of syphilis and Other diseases.
spiro'chaetal adjective that is a spirochaete; caused by spirochaetes: E20.
spirochaeti'cidal adjective lethal to spirochaetes E20.
spiro'chaeticide noun a spirochaeticidal substance E20.
spirochae'tosis noun, pl. -toses , infection with, or a disease caused by, spirochaetes E20.