LYME ARTHRITIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Lyme arthritis mean? 

• LYME ARTHRITIS (noun)
  The noun LYME ARTHRITIS has 1 sense:

1. an acute inflammatory disease characterized by a rash with joint swelling and fever; caused by bacteria carried by the bite of a deer tick

  Familiarity information: LYME ARTHRITIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LYME ARTHRITIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An acute inflammatory disease characterized by a rash with joint swelling and fever; caused by bacteria carried by the bite of a deer tick

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

Lyme arthritis; Lyme disease

Hypernyms ("Lyme arthritis" is a kind of...):

zoonosis; zoonotic disease (an animal disease that can be transmitted to humans)

 Context examples 

They then tested for the top three biomarkers on samples from people with early Lyme disease, from healthy individuals from areas where Lyme disease is endemic, and from people with Lyme arthritis.

(Scientists work toward a rapid point-of-care diagnostic test for Lyme disease, National Institutes of Health)