Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

treponemal

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tre-pone-mal
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Pertaining to or caused by treponema

Example Sentences

"Tuberculosis developed, as did pinta and other treponemal infections, including non-venereal syphilis, various diseases caused by intestinal parasites, and Chagas' disease."
"Soil erosion may sometimes produce defects with smooth edges that may imitate remodeled margins. There may be a close resemblance, for example, between cranial vault destruction due to treponemal disease and taphonomic damage[…]."

Etymology

From treponema + -al.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: treponema

Derived Forms

antitreponemal nontreponemal polytreponemal

Questions

What does treponemal mean?: Pertaining to or caused by treponema
Where does treponemal come from?: From treponema + -al.

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