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leptospira

lep·tos·pira

uncommon

noun

1.

important pathogens causing Weil''s disease or canicola fever

Origin

From translingual Leptospira, from Ancient Greek λεπτός (leptós, “thin”) + σπεῖρα (speîra, “coil”).

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