Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

treponeme

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tre-poneme
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of the bacterium of the genus Treponema

Example Sentences

"The syphilis that Catapano and other AIDS-syphilis theorists are especially concerned about may develop when repeated treponeme infections are not treated, or, more commonly, are mistreated with penicillin."

Inflected Forms

treponemes (plural)

Questions

What does treponeme mean?: Any of the bacterium of the genus Treponema

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