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LYME DISEASE
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I. (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
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("Lyme disease" is a kind of...):
zoonosis; zoonotic disease (an animal disease that can be transmitted to humans)
Context examples:
Most cases of Lyme disease can be treated effectively with a short course of antibiotics.
(Scientists work toward a rapid point-of-care diagnostic test for Lyme disease, National Institutes of Health)
However, Lyme disease can be difficult to diagnose because it causes a wide range of symptoms, from fever and rash to neurologic and cardiac symptoms and joint pain.
(Scientists work toward a rapid point-of-care diagnostic test for Lyme disease, National Institutes of Health)
Lyme disease is caused by Borrelia burgdorferi, a spiral-shaped bacterium transmitted by deer ticks.
(Scientists work toward a rapid point-of-care diagnostic test for Lyme disease, National Institutes of Health)
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)
These biomarkers were better at picking up signs of Lyme disease infection in early stage samples—possibly because they were able to detect antibodies that peak in the first two to six weeks after a person is infected with Lyme disease.
(Scientists work toward a rapid point-of-care diagnostic test for Lyme disease, National Institutes of Health)
