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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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
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Antonyms: none provided
an acute inflammatory disease characterized by a rash with joint swelling and fever; caused by bacteria carried by the bite of a deer tick
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Lyme arthritis
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: zoonosis, zoonotic disease
Named after the town of Lyme, Connecticut, USA, where a number of cases were identified in 1975.
Across languages
Translations
25 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Chinese Mandarin:
萊姆病 /莱姆病
(Láimǔbìng)
— infection by bacteria of the genus Borrelia
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Chinese Mandarin:
萊姆 /莱姆
(láimǔ)
— infection by bacteria of the genus Borrelia
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Czech:
lymská borelióza
— infection by bacteria of the genus Borrelia
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Danish:
Borrelia
— infection by bacteria of the genus Borrelia
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Dutch:
lymeziekte
— infection by bacteria of the genus Borrelia
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Dutch:
ziekte van Lyme
— infection by bacteria of the genus Borrelia
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Esperanto:
Boreliozo Lyme
— infection by bacteria of the genus Borrelia
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Estonian:
Lyme'i tõbi
— infection by bacteria of the genus Borrelia
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Estonian:
Lyme'i borrelioos
— infection by bacteria of the genus Borrelia
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Estonian:
puukborrelioos
— infection by bacteria of the genus Borrelia
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Finnish:
borrelioosi
— infection by bacteria of the genus Borrelia
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French:
borréliose
— infection by bacteria of the genus Borrelia
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French:
maladie de Lyme
— infection by bacteria of the genus Borrelia
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German:
Lyme-Borreliose
— infection by bacteria of the genus Borrelia
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German:
Lyme-Krankheit
— infection by bacteria of the genus Borrelia
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Hungarian:
Lyme-kór
— infection by bacteria of the genus Borrelia
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Japanese:
ライム病
(Raimu-byō)
— infection by bacteria of the genus Borrelia
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Polish:
borelioza
— infection by bacteria of the genus Borrelia
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Polish:
choroba z Lyme
— infection by bacteria of the genus Borrelia
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Portuguese:
doença de Lyme
— infection by bacteria of the genus Borrelia
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Russian:
боле́знь Ла́йма
(boléznʹ Lájma)
— infection by bacteria of the genus Borrelia
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Spanish:
enfermedad de Lyme
— infection by bacteria of the genus Borrelia
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Swedish:
borrelia
— infection by bacteria of the genus Borrelia
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Thai:
โรคไลม์
— infection by bacteria of the genus Borrelia
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Turkish:
Lyme hastalığı
— infection by bacteria of the genus Borrelia
