leptospira
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
See also: Leptospira
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From translingual Leptospira, from Ancient Greek λεπτός (leptós, “thin”) + σπείρα (speíra, “coil”).
Noun
[edit]leptospira (plural leptospiras or leptospirae)
- Any bacterium of the genus Leptospira.
Spanish
[edit]Noun
[edit]leptospira f (plural leptospiras)
Further reading
[edit]- “leptospira”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014