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Lyme, n. Path.|ˈlaɪm|
[The name of the town of Lyme, Connecticut, where an outbreak of the disease occurred in 1975.]
Used attrib. (esp. in Lyme arthritis or Lyme disease) and absol. to designate an infectious disease caused by the spirochaete Borrelia burgdorferi and transmitted by tick bites, with clinical manifestations including an initial erythematous rash, arthritis, and often neurological and cardiac abnormalities.
[1976Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 19 July 241 A possible new form of arthritis has been found in a cluster of 51 patients. The people known to be involved so far are from three contiguous communities (Lyme, Old Lyme, and east Haddam).] 1976Valley Town Crier (McAllen, Texas) 20 Oct. 5/2 The disease, called Lyme arthritis is marked by recurrent attacks of joint pain sometimes preceded by unusual rash. 1979Medicine LVIII. 281 Lyme disease (erythema chronicum migrans, tick borne meningopolyneuritis, myocardial conduction abnormalities, and Lyme arthritis). 1985P. A. Dieppe et al. Rheumatol. Med. x. 204/1 Lyme arthritis will..be described as an example of a persistent arthritis resulting from a chronic spirochaete infection. 1986Daily Tel. 8 Sept. 3/2 In spite of the fact that many people are bitten annually by ticks in the New Forest it is extremely rare for any of them to develop Lyme disease. 1990N.Y. Times 3 July c9/1 Federal and state health officials are making Lyme a nationally reportable disease, effective next year. |