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Lyme disease

Lyme dis·ease [ lm di zz ]


noun 
Definition:
 
serious infectious disease: an infectious bacterial disease transmitted by ticks, in which skin rash, fever, and headache precede arthritis and nervous disorder

[Late 20th century. After Lyme, Connecticut]
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