Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An inflammatory disease caused by a spirochete (Borrelia burgdorferi) that is transmitted by ticks and usually characterized by an initial rash followed by flulike symptoms including fever, joint pain, and headache. If left untreated, the disease can result in chronic arthritis and nerve and heart dysfunction.
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- noun pathology Infection by a
bacterium of the genusBorrelia which is transmitted byticks . Symptoms include arash followed byfever , joint pain, andheadaches .
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- noun an acute inflammatory disease characterized by a rash with joint swelling and fever; caused by bacteria carried by the bite of a deer tick
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[After Lyme and Old Lyme, towns in southeast Connecticut where the diagnosis of an unusually high number of juvenile arthritis cases in 1975 led to the identification of the disease.]
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Named after the town of Lyme, Connecticut, USA, where a number of cases were identified in 1975.
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