Lyme disease en · NOUN
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Etymology
Named after the town of Lyme, Connecticut, USA, where a number of cases were identified in 1975.
Meanings
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(uncountable) Infection by one of three or more subspecies of the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi, which is transmitted by four species of tick in genus Ixodes. Symptoms include a rash followed by fever, joint pain, and headaches.
The number of Lyme disease cases reported in Dutchess County last year jumped by 50 percent compared to the year before, reaching the third-highest total on record in the state.
2018 August 23, “Lyme diseases cases spiked by 50 percent in Dutchess in 2017”, in Poughkeepsie Journal, archived from the original on 10 Apr 2021:I wish I could get Lyme disease if it would get me out of this dance.
2025, S.E. Case, chapter 1, in Rigsby WI, volume 1: Foothold, →ISBN, retrieved 28 Aug 2025, page 18:
Deriveds
Relateds
Ixodes scapularis · Ixodes persulcatus · Ixodes pacificus · Ixodes ricinus · Peromyscus leucopus
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nl ziekte van Lyme (infection by bacteria of the genus Borrelia) · fi borrelioosi (infection by bacteria of the genus Borrelia) · ja ライム病 (infection by bacteria of the genus Borrelia) · et puukborrelioos (infection by bacteria of the genus Borrelia) · th โรคไลม์ (infection by bacteria of the genus Borrelia) · hu Lyme-kór (infection by bacteria of the genus Borrelia) · cmn 萊姆 /莱姆 (infection by bacteria of the genus Borrelia) · tr Lyme hastalığı (infection by bacteria of the genus Borrelia) · cs lymská borelióza (infection by bacteria of the genus Borrelia) · nl lymeziekte (infection by bacteria of the genus Borrelia) · pl choroba z Lyme (infection by bacteria of the genus Borrelia) · fr maladie de Lyme (infection by bacteria of the genus Borrelia) · cmn 萊姆病 /莱姆病 (infection by bacteria of the genus Borrelia) · da Borrelia (infection by bacteria of the genus Borrelia) · et Lyme'i tõbi (infection by bacteria of the genus Borrelia) · fr borréliose (infection by bacteria of the genus Borrelia) · pl borelioza (infection by bacteria of the genus Borrelia) · es enfermedad de Lyme (infection by bacteria of the genus Borrelia) · pt doença de Lyme (infection by bacteria of the genus Borrelia) · de Lyme-Krankheit (infection by bacteria of the genus Borrelia) · de Lyme-Borreliose (infection by bacteria of the genus Borrelia) · ru боле́знь Ла́йма (infection by bacteria of the genus Borrelia) · et Lyme'i borrelioos (infection by bacteria of the genus Borrelia) · sv borrelia (infection by bacteria of the genus Borrelia) · eo Boreliozo Lyme (infection by bacteria of the genus Borrelia)