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leptospire Bacteriology.|ˈlɛptəʊspaɪə(r)|
[Anglicized form of leptospira.]
= leptospira.
1957R. S. Breed et al. Bergey's Man. Determinative Bacteriol. (ed. 7) 907 Pathogenic leptospires were first isolated from human cases of Weil's disease... Since that time [sc. 1915] other leptospires..have been recognized as causing disease in man and other animals. 1969New Scientist 20 Feb. 414/2 The leptospiral structures, too, bud out from the surface of the leptospire itself. |