| NOUN | animal | Borrelia burgdorferi, Lime disease spirochete | cause of Lyme disease |
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| Meaning | Cause of Lyme disease; transmitted primarily by ticks of genus Ixodes. | |
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| Synonym | Lime disease spirochete | |
| Member of | genus Borrelia | small flexible parasitic spirochetes having three to five wavy spirals |
| Broader | spirochete, spirochaete | Parasitic or free-living bacteria |
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