Medical Dictionary
leptospira
noun lep·to·spi·ra \ˌlep-tō-ˈspī-rə\
Medical Definition of LEPTOSPIRA
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capitalized : a genus of extremely slender aerobic spirochetes (family Leptospiraceae) that are free-living or parasitic in mammals and include a number of important pathogens (as L. icterohaemorrhagiae of Weil's disease or L. canicola of canicola fever)
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plural lep·to·spi·ra or lep·to·spi·ras or lep·to·spi·rae \-rē\ : leptospire
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