n 1  cap  :  a genus of extremely slender aerobic spirochetes (family Leptospiraceae) that are free-living or parasitic in mammals and include a number of important pathogens (as L. icterohaemorrhagiae of Weil's disease or L. canicola of canicola fever)  2  pl  -ra  or  -ras  or  -rae   :  LEPTOSPIRE .
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  lep·to·spire 
 
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