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noun
Any of various helically coiled spirochetes, of the genus Borrelia, some of which cause relapsing fever
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
cause of e.g. European and African relapsing fever
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: spirochete, spirochaete
History
For Amédée Borrel, French bacteriologist.
