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Spirochaeta \Spi`ro*chae"ta\, Spirochaete \Spi`ro*chae"te\, n.
[L. spira a coil Gr. ??? hair.] (Biol.)
A genus of Spirobacteria similar to Spirillum, but
distinguished by its motility. One species, the {Spirochaete
Obermeyeri}, is supposed to be the cause of relapsing fever.
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Relapsing \Re*laps"ing\, a.
Marked by a relapse; falling back; tending to return to a
former worse state.
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{Relapsing fever} (Med.), an acute, epidemic, contagious
fever, which prevails also endemically in Ireland, Russia,
and some other regions. It is marked by one or two
remissions of the fever, by articular and muscular pains,
and by the presence, during the paroxism of spiral
bacterium ({Spirochaete}) in the blood. It is not usually
fatal. Called also {famine fever}, and {recurring fever}.
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