OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 31734

Lyme disease

Meanings (ES + gloss)
enfermedad de Lyme
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.
I wish I could get Lyme disease if it would get me out of this dance.
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.
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