Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- 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.
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- noun Any of various helically coiled
spirochetes , of the genusBorrelia , some of which causerelapsing fever .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun cause of e.g. European and African relapsing fever
Etymologies
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Examples
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I'm sure you know that the CDC requires what, five bands positive for Lyme for reporting purposes, but when I asked about the discrepancy he told me that bands 58 and 93 are specific to Lyme, and irrespective of the CDC reporting requirements, I simply wouldn't be positive for those bands unless I had borrelia floating around.
Acrodermatitis Chronica Atrophicans 1 Dinosaur 2007
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But while you in particular claim to read the articles, you also admit that you had never heard of ACA, and if you've never heard of ACA, then I can conclude that while you may read SOME articles on Lyme, you haven't read many, and I assure you that there really are plenty of scientific articles that show the hardiness of borrelia and their ability to survive 30 days of doxy.
Acrodermatitis Chronica Atrophicans 1 Dinosaur 2007
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December 19th, 2006 at 1:16 am borrelia garinii says:
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I see that ignorance – if not outright mendacity – continues to prevail among paul, borrelia garinii, juan c and others.
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December 19th, 2006 at 12:44 am borrelia garinii says:
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December 18th, 2006 at 7:45 pm borrelia garinii says:
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I think it is right to tell people to accept responsibility for themselves, but wrong to not provide at least a modicum of resources with which to help themselves and in turn develop a sense of responsibility, as borrelia garinii pointed out.
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December 19th, 2006 at 12:38 am borrelia garinii says:
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December 18th, 2006 at 7:25 pm borrelia garinii says:
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I think borrelia garinii was also being sarcastic at least I hope so.
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