treponematosis

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noun

Any of the diseases caused by the bacterium Treponema pallidum, including syphilis, yaws, bejel, and pinta.

Scrabble 18

Meanings

nountreponematosis (plural treponematoses)

plural treponematoses

  1. medicineAny of the diseases caused by the bacterium Treponema pallidum, including syphilis, yaws, bejel, and pinta.
    1 more example

    Anderson (1969, 1982) and Møller-Christensen (1961, 1965), for instance, offered refined diagnostic criteria for recognizing leprosy in human remains based on their extensive clinical and archaeological knowledge, while Hackett (1976) and Rogers and Waldron (1995) closely examined skeletal manifestations of treponematosis and joint disease, respectively.

    2023, Anne L. Grauer, “Introduction” (chapter 1), in The Routledge Handbook of Paleopathology, Routledge, →DOI, →ISBN, page 3

Origin

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