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}]
Reiter \Rei"ter\ (r?"t?r), n. [G., rider.] A German cavalry soldier of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. [1913 Webster]