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LIME DISEASE SPIROCHETE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Cause of Lyme disease; transmitted primarily by ticks of genus Ixodes
Synonyms:
Borrelia burgdorferi; Lime disease spirochete
Classified under:
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)