treponemal
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]treponemal (not comparable)
- (biology, medicine) Pertaining to or caused by treponema
- 1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society, published 2016, page 159:
- Tuberculosis developed, as did pinta and other treponemal infections, including non-venereal syphilis, various diseases caused by intestinal parasites, and Chagas' disease.