Medical Dictionary
Main Entry:
bor·re·lia Pronunciation:
b&-'rel-E-&, -'rE-lE- Function:
noun 1 capitalized : a genus of small flexiblespirochetes of the family Spirochaetaceae that are parasites of humans and warm-blooded animals and include the causative agents of septicemia in chickens (
B. recurrentis), relapsing fever inAfrica (
B. duttoni), and Lyme disease in the U.S. (
B. burgdorferi)
2 : a spirochete of the genus
Borrelia