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LIME DISEASE SPIROCHETE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Lime disease spirochete mean? 

LIME DISEASE SPIROCHETE (noun)
  The noun LIME DISEASE SPIROCHETE has 1 sense:

1. cause of Lyme disease; transmitted primarily by ticks of genus Ixodesplay

  Familiarity information: LIME DISEASE SPIROCHETE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


LIME DISEASE SPIROCHETE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Borrelia burgdorferi; Lime disease spirochete

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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