LIME DISEASE SPIROCHETE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cause of Lyme disease; transmitted primarily by ticks of genus Ixodes

Synonyms:

Borrelia burgdorferi; Lime disease spirochete

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Lime disease spirochete" is a kind of...):

spirochaete; spirochete (parasitic or free-living bacteria; many pathogenic to humans and other animals)

Holonyms ("Lime disease spirochete" is a member of...):

genus Borrelia (small flexible parasitic spirochetes having three to five wavy spirals)

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