treponemal

English

Etymology

From treponema +‎ -al.

Adjective

treponemal (not comparable)

  1. (biology, medicine) Pertaining to or caused by treponema
    • 1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society, published 2016, page 159:
      Tuberculosis developed, as did pinta and other treponemal infections, including non-venereal syphilis, various diseases caused by intestinal parasites, and Chagas' disease.

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