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Lyme disease

Lyme disease noun: 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.

Noun

Lyme disease (uncountable)

  1. 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

Lyme disease meaning in Tamil and Thai

Lyme disease in Tamil

இலைமநோய்

Lyme disease in Thai

infection by bacteria of the genus Borrelia
โรคไลม์

Synonyms of Lyme disease

Origin of Lyme disease

Named after the town of Lyme, Connecticut, USA, where a number of cases were identified in 1975.

Words formed from Lyme disease

Questions about Lyme disease

What does Lyme disease mean?
Lyme disease means 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.
What is Lyme disease in Tamil?
Lyme disease in Tamil is இலைமநோய். See Lyme disease meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is Lyme disease?
Lyme disease is a noun.

Words near Lyme disease in the dictionary

  1. lymantriids
  2. lymantriine
  3. lymantriines
  4. lyme
  5. Lyme Bay
  6. Lyme disease
  7. Lyme diseases
  8. lyme grass
  9. lyme grasses
  10. Lyme neuroborreliosis
  11. Lyme Regis

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Lyme disease (page history and authors); lyme disease (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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