treponema

English Thesaurus

1. spirochete that causes disease in humans (e.g. syphilis and yaws) (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	spirochaete, spirochete,
definition	:	parasitic or free-living bacteria; many pathogenic to humans and other animals (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	genus treponema,
definition	:	type genus of Treponemataceae: anaerobic spirochetes with an undulating rigid body; parasitic in warm-blooded animals (noun.animal)