- Lime disease spirochete
- nouncause of Lyme disease; transmitted primarily by ticks of genus Ixodes• Syn: ↑Borrelia burgdorferi• Hypernyms: ↑spirochete, ↑spirochaete• Member Holonyms: ↑genus Borrelia
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Lime disease spirochete
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spirochete — noun parasitic or free living bacteria; many pathogenic to humans and other animals • Syn: ↑spirochaete • Hypernyms: ↑eubacteria, ↑eubacterium, ↑true bacteria • Hyponyms: ↑treponema, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
spirochaete — n. (US spirochete) any of various flexible spiral shaped bacteria. Etymology: SPIRO (1) + Gk khaite long hair * * * noun parasitic or free living bacteria; many pathogenic to humans and other animals • Syn: ↑spirochete • Hypernyms: ↑eubacteria, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Borrelia burgdorferi — noun cause of Lyme disease; transmitted primarily by ticks of genus Ixodes • Syn: ↑Lime disease spirochete • Hypernyms: ↑spirochete, ↑spirochaete • Member Holonyms: ↑genus Borrelia … Useful english dictionary
genus Borrelia — noun small flexible parasitic spirochetes having three to five wavy spirals • Hypernyms: ↑bacteria genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Treponemataceae, ↑family Treponemataceae • Member Meronyms: ↑borrelia, ↑Borrelia burgdorferi, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
