1. German bacteriologist who described a disease now known as Reiter's syndrome and who identified the spirochete that causes syphilis in humans (1881-1969); [syn: Reiter, Hans Conrad Julius Reiter]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Hans Conrad Julius Reiter
n 1: German bacteriologist who described a disease now known as
Reiter's syndrome and who identified the spirochete that
causes syphilis in humans (1881-1969) [syn: Reiter, Hans
Conrad Julius Reiter]