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treponema in American English
any of a genus (Treponema) of slender spirochetes parasitic in mammals and birds, including some that are pathogenic to humans, as the organisms causing syphilis and yaws
noun: any of several anaerobic spirochetes of the genus Treponema, certain species of which are parasitic in and pathogenic for humans and warm-blooded animals

treponema in British English
noun: any anaerobic spirochaete bacterium of the genus Treponema, such as T. pallidum which causes syphilis

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