tick-borne

[ tik-bawrn, -bohrn ]

adjective

carried or transmitted by ticks: tick-borne disease.

Origin of tick-borne

¹

First recorded in 1935–40

Words Nearby tick-borne

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How to use tick-borne in a sentence

So it is with genuine dread that I have read about the latest tick-borne illness, this one called the Heartland Virus.
Cases of New Tick-Borne Illness, Heartland Virus, Grow | Kent Sepkowitz | April 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
On the other hand, the accumulated evidence has fully substantiated the hypothesis that it is tick-borne.
Handbook of Medical Entomology | William Albert Riley

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