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Lyme diseases

Lyme diseases is the plural of Lyme disease.

Meaning of Lyme disease

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

Questions about Lyme diseases

What is Lyme diseases the plural of?
Lyme diseases is the plural of Lyme disease.

Words near Lyme diseases in the dictionary

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

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