the syphilis spirochete

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• Spirochète — Spirochaetes Spirochètes …   Wikipédia en Français

• Nontreponemal tests for syphilis — Nontreponemal tests refer to a class of syphilis diagnostics that detect infection by indirect markers of infection. Nontreponemal Tests detect biomarkers that are released during cellular damage that occurs from the syphilis spirochete. In… …   Wikipedia

• syphilis — [sif′ə lis] n. [ModL < Syphilis sive Morbus Gallicus, lit., Syphilis or the French disease, title of a poem (1530) by Girolamo Fracastoro: after the hero Syphilus, a shepherd] an infectious venereal disease caused by a spirochete (Treponema… …   English World dictionary

• syphilis — /sif euh lis/, n. Pathol. a chronic infectious disease, caused by a spirochete, Treponema pallidum, usually venereal in origin but often congenital, and affecting almost any organ or tissue in the body, esp. the genitals, skin, mucous membranes,… …   Universalium

• Syphilis — A sexually transmitted disease caused by Treponema pallidum, a microscopic organism called a spirochete. This worm like, spiral shaped organism infects people by burrowing into the moist mucous membranes of the mouth or genitals. From there, the… …   Medical dictionary

• Syphilis — Classification and external resources …   Wikipedia

• spirochete — spirochetal, spirochetic, adj. /spuy reuh keet /, n. any of various spiral shaped motile bacteria of the family Spirochaetaceae, certain species, as Treponema, Leptospira, and Borrelia, being pathogenic to humans and other animals, and other… …   Universalium

• syphilis — syph·i·lis (sĭf’ə lĭs) n. ▸ An infectious disease caused by a spirochete (Treponema pallidum),usually transmitted sexually or in utero, marked initially by local formation of chancres and progressing if untreated to bacteremia and widespread… …   Word Histories

• Spirochete — A microscopic bacterial organism in the Spirochaeta family. Spirochetes have a worm like, spiral shaped form, and wiggle vigorously when viewed under a microscope. Treponema pallidum, the cause of syphilis, is a particularly well known member… …   Medical dictionary

• syphilis — noun Etymology: New Latin, from Syphilus, hero of the poem Syphilis sive Morbus Gallicus (Syphilis or the French disease) (1530) by Girolamo Fracastoro died 1553 Italian poet and physician Date: 1718 a chronic contagious usually venereal and… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• syphilis — syph•i•lis [[t]ˈsɪf ə lɪs[/t]] n. pat a chronic infectious disease caused by a spirochete, Treponema pallidum, usu. venereal in origin but often congenital, affecting almost any body organ, esp. the genitals, skin, brain, and nervous tissue •… …   From formal English to slang