HyperDic: lime_disease_spirochete

English > 1 sense of the expression Lime disease spirochete:
NOUNanimalLime disease spirochete, Borrelia burgdorfericause of Lyme disease
English > Lime disease spirochete: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
MeaningCause of Lyme disease; transmitted primarily by ticks of genus Ixodes.
SynonymBorrelia burgdorferi
Member ofgenus Borreliasmall flexible parasitic spirochetes having three to five wavy spirals
Broaderspirochete, spirochaeteParasitic or free-living bacteria

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