Leptospira
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Any bacterium of the genus Leptospira.
- 2 important pathogens causing Weil's disease or canicola fever wordnet
Etymology
From translingual Leptospira, from Ancient Greek λεπτός (leptós, “thin”) + σπεῖρα (speîra, “coil”).