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spirochete (spi´ro-kēt) a highly coiled bacterium; a general term applied to any organism of the order Spirochaetales, which includes the genera Borrelia, Leptospira, and Treponema. Spirochetes cause syphilis, yaws, Lyme disease, and various other diseases. adj., spiroche´tal., adj.
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