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tick-borne

tick-borne is the alternative form of tickborne.

Meaning of tickborne

Adjective

tickborne (not comparable)

  1. Borne by ticks.
    • LYNE DISEASE, THE MOST PREVALENT tickborne infection in the United States, can vary greatly from one person to the next.2010 (publication date), Pamela Weintraub, "The 13 Faces of Lyme", Discover, ISSN 0274-7529, volume 32, number 1, January–February 2011, page 62

Phrases with tick-borne

Questions about tick-borne

What is tick-borne the alternative form of?
Tick-borne is the alternative form of tickborne.

Words near tick-borne in the dictionary

  1. tick tocks
  2. tick trefoil
  3. tick-and-flick
  4. tick-based
  5. tick-bite fever
  6. tick-borne
  7. tick-borne encephalitis
  8. tick-induced meat allergy
  9. tick-off
  10. tick-tack
  11. tick-tack-toe

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