"Lyme disease" meaning in English

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Noun

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Etymology: Named after the town of Lyme, Connecticut, USA, where a number of cases were identified in 1975. Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} Lyme disease (uncountable)
  1. (pathology) 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. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Bacterial diseases, Diseases, Tick-borne diseases Synonyms: Lyme neuroborreliosis Derived forms: chronic Lyme disease Related terms: Ixodes ricinus (english: sheep tick, castor bean tick, of western Eurasia), Ixodes persulcatus (english: taiga tick, of China), Ixodes scapularis (english: black-legged tick, deer tick, of eastern North America), Ixodes pacificus (english: western black-legged tick, of western North America), Peromyscus leucopus (english: white-footed mouse) Translations (infection by bacteria of the genus Borrelia): 萊姆病 (Chinese Mandarin), 莱姆病 (Láimǔbìng) (Chinese Mandarin), 萊姆 (Chinese Mandarin), 莱姆 (láimǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), lymská borelióza [feminine] (Czech), Borrelia (Danish), lymeziekte [feminine] (Dutch), ziekte van Lyme [masculine] (Dutch), Boreliozo Lyme (Esperanto), Lyme'i tõbi (Estonian), Lyme'i borrelioos (Estonian), puukborrelioos (Estonian), borrelioosi (Finnish), borréliose [feminine] (French), maladie de Lyme [feminine] (French), Lyme-Borreliose [feminine] (German), Lyme-Krankheit [feminine] (German), Lyme-kór (Hungarian), ライム病 (Raimu-byō) (Japanese), borelioza [feminine] (Polish), choroba z Lyme [feminine] (Polish), doença de Lyme [feminine] (Portuguese), боле́знь Ла́йма (boléznʹ Lájma) [feminine] (Russian), enfermedad de Lyme [feminine] (Spanish), borrelia (Swedish), Lyme hastalığı (Turkish)

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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "infection by bacteria of the genus Borrelia",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "choroba z Lyme"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "infection by bacteria of the genus Borrelia",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "doença de Lyme"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "boléznʹ Lájma",
      "sense": "infection by bacteria of the genus Borrelia",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "боле́знь Ла́йма"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "infection by bacteria of the genus Borrelia",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "enfermedad de Lyme"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "infection by bacteria of the genus Borrelia",
      "word": "borrelia"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "infection by bacteria of the genus Borrelia",
      "word": "Lyme hastalığı"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Lyme disease"
}

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