Term: treponema: spirochete that causes disease in humans (e.g. syphilis and yaws)
Broader: spirochete: parasitic or free-living bacteria; many pathogenic to humans and other animals | Unrelated: eagle ray: powerful free-swimming tropical ray noted for `soaring' by flapping winglike fins; usually harmless but has venomous tissue near base of the tail as in stingrays
Broader: spirochete: parasitic or free-living bacteria; many pathogenic to humans and other animals | Unrelated: false heather: North American decumbent evergreen heathlike plant with yellow flowers
Broader: spirochete: parasitic or free-living bacteria; many pathogenic to humans and other animals | Unrelated: line of heart: a crease on the palm; palmists say it indicates your emotional nature
Broader: spirochete: parasitic or free-living bacteria; many pathogenic to humans and other animals | Unrelated: body: a collection of particulars considered as a system
Broader: spirochete: parasitic or free-living bacteria; many pathogenic to humans and other animals | Unrelated: levanter: an easterly wind in the western Mediterranean area
Broader: spirochete: parasitic or free-living bacteria; many pathogenic to humans and other animals | Unrelated: hittite: the language of the Hittites and the principal language of the Anatolian group of languages; deciphered from cuneiform inscriptions
Broader: spirochete: parasitic or free-living bacteria; many pathogenic to humans and other animals | Unrelated: juglandaceae: trees having usually edible nuts: butternuts; walnuts; hickories; pecans
Broader: spirochete: parasitic or free-living bacteria; many pathogenic to humans and other animals | Unrelated: peonage: the practice of making a debtor work for his creditor until the debt is discharged
Broader: spirochete: parasitic or free-living bacteria; many pathogenic to humans and other animals | Unrelated: overhaul: periodic maintenance on a car or machine
Broader: spirochete: parasitic or free-living bacteria; many pathogenic to humans and other animals | Unrelated: society: the fashionable elite