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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 Ixodes
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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