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Noun: Lime disease spirochete
  1. Cause of Lyme disease; transmitted primarily by ticks of genus Ixodes
    - Borrelia burgdorferi

Type of: spirochaete, spirochete [N. Amer]

Part of: genus Borrelia

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limbic
limbic brain
limbic system
limbless
limbo
Limburger
Limburger cheese
Limburgish
limbus
lime
Lime disease spirochete
lime hydrate
lime juice
lime tree
limeade
Limeira
limekiln
limelight
limen
Limenitis
Limenitis archippus