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spirochete (n.)
1877, from Modern Latin
Spirochæta,
the genus name, from
spiro-
Modern Latin comb. form of Greek
speira
"a coil" (see
spiral
(adj.)) + Greek
khaite
"hair" (see
chaeto-
).