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单词 Lyme disease
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Definition of Lyme disease in English:

Lyme disease

nounlʌɪmˈlīm diˌzēz
mass noun
  • A form of arthritis caused by bacteria that are transmitted by ticks.

    Lyme disease is caused by the spirochaete Borrelia burgdorferi

    Example sentencesExamples
    • If a person develops the arthritis of late-stage Lyme disease, the symptoms are usually treated with oral antibiotics.
    • The bacteria that cause relapsing fever are related to those bacteria that cause Lyme disease.
    • Some ticks transmit bacteria that cause illnesses such as Lyme disease or Rocky Mountain spotted fever.
    • Mosquitoes can carry the malaria parasite or West Nile virus, and deer ticks may carry the bacterium that causes Lyme disease.
    • Serum studies for echovirus, Coxsackie-virus, Lyme disease, and HIV were all negative.
    • It is often idiopathic in origin, but may be associated with multiple sclerosis, sarcoidosis, syphilis, Lyme disease, and ocular lymphoma.
    • The bacteria that cause Lyme disease are carried by deer ticks and western blacklegged ticks.
    • Other causes include Lyme disease, HIV, alcoholism, B12 deficiency, or diabetes.
    • Meningitis can also be a feature of other diseases, including Lyme disease, Leptospirosis, Typhus, Tuberculosis and other infections.
    • Intermediate uveitis may be idiopathic or associated with multiple sclerosis, syphilis, Lyme disease or ocular lymphoma.

Origin

1970s: named after Lyme, a town in Connecticut, US, where an outbreak occurred.

 
 

Definition of Lyme disease in US English:

Lyme disease

nounˈlīm diˌzēz
  • An inflammatory disease characterized at first by a rash, headache, fever, and chills, and later by possible arthritis and neurological and cardiac disorders, caused by bacteria that are transmitted by ticks.

    Lyme disease is caused by the spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The bacteria that cause Lyme disease are carried by deer ticks and western blacklegged ticks.
    • Meningitis can also be a feature of other diseases, including Lyme disease, Leptospirosis, Typhus, Tuberculosis and other infections.
    • It is often idiopathic in origin, but may be associated with multiple sclerosis, sarcoidosis, syphilis, Lyme disease, and ocular lymphoma.
    • Mosquitoes can carry the malaria parasite or West Nile virus, and deer ticks may carry the bacterium that causes Lyme disease.
    • Intermediate uveitis may be idiopathic or associated with multiple sclerosis, syphilis, Lyme disease or ocular lymphoma.
    • Other causes include Lyme disease, HIV, alcoholism, B12 deficiency, or diabetes.
    • The bacteria that cause relapsing fever are related to those bacteria that cause Lyme disease.
    • If a person develops the arthritis of late-stage Lyme disease, the symptoms are usually treated with oral antibiotics.
    • Serum studies for echovirus, Coxsackie-virus, Lyme disease, and HIV were all negative.
    • Some ticks transmit bacteria that cause illnesses such as Lyme disease or Rocky Mountain spotted fever.

Origin

1970s: named after Lyme, a town in Connecticut, US, where an outbreak occurred.

 
 
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