GENUS BORRELIA
Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Borrelia mean? • GENUS BORRELIA (noun)
The noun GENUS BORRELIA has 1 sense:
1. small flexible parasitic spirochetes having three to five wavy spirals
Familiarity information: GENUS BORRELIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• GENUS BORRELIA (noun)
Meaning:
Small flexible parasitic spirochetes having three to five wavy spirals
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("genus Borrelia" is a kind of...):
bacteria genus (a genus of bacteria)
Meronyms (members of "genus Borrelia"):
borrelia (cause of e.g. European and African relapsing fever)
Borrelia burgdorferi; Lime disease spirochete (cause of Lyme disease; transmitted primarily by ticks of genus Ixodes)
Holonyms ("genus Borrelia" is a member of...):
family Treponemataceae; Treponemataceae (small spirochetes some parasitic or pathogenic)
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