- antitreponemal
- SYN: treponemicidal.
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an·ti·trep·o·ne·mal (an″te-) (an″ti-trep″o-neґməl) effective against Treponema; cf. antisyphilitic.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
antitreponemal
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