The infection whose name has a literal meaning of "hair-like/one unit/refers" is caused by which organism?

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When evaluating the question, we focus on the etymology of the organism names and the diseases they cause.
Option 1: Neisseria gonorrhoeae. This bacterium is named after Albert Neisser and the disease it causes is gonorrhea; the term does not imply hair-like features or a unit reference, so the literal meaning described in the prompt does not fit.
Option 2: Sarcoptes scabiei. The name derives from Greek roots related to flesh (sarco-) and itching or mites; it does relate to a parasite that causes scabies, but there is no hair-like or unit-referent meaning embedded in this name.
Option 3: Treponema pallidum. This spirochete is linked to syphilis; the name references spinelike (treponema) and pallidum, not a hair-like appearance or a unit reference, so it mismatches the given literal meaning.
Option 4: Trichomonas vaginalis. Here, 'tricho-' comes from Greek for hair, and 'monas' means a unit or single organism; together they describe a hair-like single-celled organism, which aligns with the clue about a literal meaning of hair-like/one unit/refer(s)ed. This option fits the etymology perfectly and corresponds to the organism known to cause trichomoniasis.
In summary, only the fourth option matches the described literal meaning, while the first three do not align with the hair-like or unit-referent etymology.

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The infection whose name has a literal meaning of "hair-like/one unit/refers" is caused by which organism?

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