LYME DISEASE


Meaning of LYME DISEASE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈlīm- ]

noun

Etymology: Lyme, Connecticut, where it was first reported

Date: 1979

: an acute inflammatory disease that is caused by a spirochete ( Borrelia burgdorferi ) transmitted by ticks (genus Ixodes and especially I. dammini ), that is usually characterized initially by a spreading red annular erythematous skin lesion and by fatigue, fever, and chills, and that if left untreated may later manifest itself in joint pain, arthritis, and cardiac and neurological disorders — called also Lyme

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