Meanings
- uncountablemedicineInfection 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.
2025, S.E. Case, chapter 1, in Rigsby WI, volume 1: Foothold, →ISBN, retrieved 28 Aug 2025, page 181 more example
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.
2018 August 23, “Lyme diseases cases spiked by 50 percent in Dutchess in 2017”, in Poughkeepsie Journal, archived from the original on 10 Apr 2021Synonyms: Lyme neuroborreliosis
Synonyms & antonyms
nounInfection 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.
More synonyms by meaning
nounan acute inflammatory disease characterized by a rash with joint swelling and fever; caused by bacteria carried by the bite of a deer tick
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Named after the town of Lyme, Connecticut, USA, where a number of cases were identified in 1975.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 萊姆病 /莱姆病, 萊姆 /莱姆
- 萊姆病 /莱姆病 (Láimǔbìng)infection by bacteria of the genus Borrelia
- 萊姆 /莱姆 (láimǔ)infection by bacteria of the genus Borrelia
Czech lymská borelióza
- lymská boreliózainfection by bacteria of the genus Borrelia
Danish Borrelia
- Borreliainfection by bacteria of the genus Borrelia
Dutch lymeziekte, ziekte van Lyme
- lymeziekteinfection by bacteria of the genus Borrelia
- ziekte van Lymeinfection by bacteria of the genus Borrelia
Esperanto Boreliozo Lyme
- Boreliozo Lymeinfection by bacteria of the genus Borrelia
Estonian Lyme'i tõbi, Lyme'i borrelioos
- Lyme'i tõbiinfection by bacteria of the genus Borrelia
- Lyme'i borrelioosinfection by bacteria of the genus Borrelia
- puukborrelioosinfection by bacteria of the genus Borrelia
Finnish borrelioosi
- borrelioosiinfection by bacteria of the genus Borrelia
French borréliose, maladie de Lyme
- borrélioseinfection by bacteria of the genus Borrelia
- maladie de Lymeinfection by bacteria of the genus Borrelia
German Lyme-Borreliose, Lyme-Krankheit
- Lyme-Borrelioseinfection by bacteria of the genus Borrelia
- Lyme-Krankheitinfection by bacteria of the genus Borrelia
Hungarian Lyme-kór
- Lyme-kórinfection by bacteria of the genus Borrelia
Japanese ライム病
- ライム病 (Raimu-byō)infection by bacteria of the genus Borrelia
Polish borelioza, choroba z Lyme
- boreliozainfection by bacteria of the genus Borrelia
- choroba z Lymeinfection by bacteria of the genus Borrelia
Portuguese doença de Lyme
- doença de Lymeinfection by bacteria of the genus Borrelia
Russian боле́знь Ла́йма
- боле́знь Ла́йма (boléznʹ Lájma)infection by bacteria of the genus Borrelia
Spanish enfermedad de Lyme
- enfermedad de Lymeinfection by bacteria of the genus Borrelia
Swedish borrelia
- borreliainfection by bacteria of the genus Borrelia
Thai โรคไลม์
- โรคไลม์infection by bacteria of the genus Borrelia
Turkish Lyme hastalığı
- Lyme hastalığıinfection by bacteria of the genus Borrelia
Rhymes & wordplay
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Cite this entry
Lyme disease. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lyme%20disease
“Lyme disease.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lyme%20disease. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Lyme disease,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lyme%20disease.
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