Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun lyme_disease

1 sense of lyme disease

Sense 1
Lyme disease, Lyme arthritis -- (an acute inflammatory disease characterized by a rash with joint swelling and fever; caused by bacteria carried by the bite of a deer tick)
       => zoonosis, zoonotic disease -- (an animal disease that can be transmitted to humans)