treponeme

See also: tréponème

English

Noun

treponeme (plural treponemes)

1. Any of the bacterium of the genus Treponema
   • 1989 April 8, John Dooley, “Syphilis and AIDS: What's the Connection?”, in Gay Community News, page 8:

     The syphilis that Catapano and other AIDS-syphilis theorists are especially concerned about may develop when repeated treponeme infections are not treated, or, more commonly, are mistreated with penicillin.

Anagrams

• pneometer, terpenome