Lyme disease

Meaning

Noun

• Infection by one of three or more subspecies of the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi (species), which is transmitted by four species of tick in genus Ixodes. Symptoms include a rash followed by fever, joint pain, and headaches.

Related

Similar words

• Lyme neuroborreliosis

Origin

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