Borrelia Definition

bə-rĕlē-ə, -rēlē-ə
noun
Any of various irregularly coiled helical spirochetes of the genus Borrelia, some species of which cause relapsing fever in humans, other mammals, and birds.
American Heritage
A genus of spirochetes that includes species that cause Lyme disease and relapsing fever.
American Heritage Medicine
pronoun

A taxonomic genus within the family Spirochaetaceae "” the borrelia spirochetes, some of which cause relapsing fever.

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Other Word Forms of Borrelia

Noun

Singular:
borrelia
Plural:
borreliae, borrelias

Origin of Borrelia

  • Origin: New Latin, after Amédée Borrel (1867-1936), French bacteriologist. (Source: American Heritage Dictionary)

    From Wiktionary

  • New Latin after Amédée Borrel (1867–1936), French bacteriologist

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • For Amédée Borrel, French bacteriologist

    From Wiktionary

Borrelia Sentence Examples

  • Lyme disease-An acute, recurrent, inflammatory disease involving one or a few joints, and transmitted by the bite of ticks carrying the spiral-shaped bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi.

  • Lyme disease is an inflammatory disease transmitted through the bite of a deer tick carrying the spiral-shaped bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi.

  • Borrelia burgdorferi, the spiral-shaped bacterium called a spirochete, that causes Lyme disease, was not discovered until 1981 by Willy Burgdorfer.

  • In the United States, the deer tick in the genus Ixodes is the vector for Borrelia burgdorferi and Lyme disease transmission.

  • Lyme disease is transmitted when a tick carrying the Borrelia burgdorferi bacterium bites a human to feed on blood.

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Words Starting With

BBOBOR

Words Ending With

AIALIA

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Words Starting With B and Ending With A

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