螺旋体 (luó xuán tǐ) — spiral-shaped object; spirochete (type of bacteria)
Definition
A specialist biology term for a spirochete — a spiral-shaped bacterium (the cause of syphilis is one). Example 3 uses it more loosely for any spiral-shaped object, but in real use it almost always means the bacterium.
noun
spiral-shaped objectspirochete (type of bacteria)
Measure word · 个
Examples
- 螺旋体。Zhè zhǒng luó xuán tǐ shì yǐn qǐ méi dú de bìng yuán tǐ.This type of spirochete is the pathogen that causes syphilis.
- 螺旋体。Xiǎn wēi jìng xià kě yǐ kàn dào luó xuán tǐ de dú tè xíng tài.Under the microscope, you can see the unique shape of the spirochete.
- 螺旋体。Zhè ge líng jiàn shì yí gè jīn shǔ luó xuán tǐ.This part is a metal spiral-shaped object.
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