SINCE 1828
Spirochaetales
noun plural
Spi·ro·chae·ta·les
| \ ˌspī-rə-kē-ˈtā-(ˌ)lēz
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Medical Definition of Spirochaetales
: an order of higher bacteria comprising slender elongated flexuous spiral forms in which the body makes up at least one complete turn of the spiral
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