| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | bor·rel·i·a |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  b -r l  -, -rl- |
| 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. | | ETYMOLOGY: | New Latin, after Amédée Borrel (1867–1936), French bacteriologist.
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