螺旋体

Traditional: 螺旋體

luó xuán tǐ

Dictionary entry

Spirochaetes, phylum of extremophile bacteria

What does 螺旋体 mean?

螺旋体 (luó xuán tǐ) has the following dictionary meaning.

1Spirochaetes, phylum of extremophile bacteria

2spiral-shaped bacterium, e.g. causing syphilis

Character breakdown

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螺luóspiral shell · snail 旋xuánto revolve · a loop 体tīused in 體己|体己[ti1 ji5] · Taiwan pr. [ti3]

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螺旋体

luó xuán tǐ

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