noun
Meaning 1
Any bacterium of the genus Leptospira.
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leptospira
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noun
Meaning 2
important pathogens causing Weil's disease or canicola fever
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Broader terms: spirochete, spirochaete
History
Etymology
From translingual Leptospira, from Ancient Greek λεπτός (leptós, “thin”) + σπεῖρα (speîra, “coil”).