borrelia

[ buh-rel-ee-uh, -rel-yuh, -ree-lee-uh, -reel-yuh ]

nounBacteriology.
  1. any of several spiral, parasitic bacteria of the genus Borrelia, certain species of which are pathogenic for humans, other mammals, or birds.

Origin of borrelia

1
<New Latin (1907), named after Amédée Borrel (died 1936); see -ia

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