螺旋体 luó xuán tǐ

DEFINITIONS

  1. Spirochaetes, phylum of extremophile bacteria
  2. spiral-shaped bacterium, e.g. causing syphilis

CHARACTERS

螺 luó spiral shell; conch; spiral
旋 xuán
HSK 6
revolve, move in orbit; return
体 tǐ
HSK 2
body; group, class, body, unit; inferior