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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

LYME GRASS

LYME GRASS Lyme " grass `. (Bot. )

 

Defn: A coarse perennial grass of several species of Elymus, esp. E. Canadensis, and the European E. arenarius.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

Lyme

Lyme |līm laɪm | a town in southeastern Connecticut, on the Connecticut River, that gave its name to Lyme disease. Pop. 2,077 (est. 2008 ).

 

Lyme disease

Lyme dis ease |līm ˈlaɪm dəˌziz | noun an inflammatory disease characterized at first by a rash, headache, fever, and chills, and later by possible arthritis and neurological and cardiac disorders, caused by bacteria that are transmitted by ticks. [Lyme disease is caused by the spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi. ] ORIGIN 1970s: named after Lyme, Connecticut, where an outbreak occurred.

 

Oxford Dictionary

Lyme

Lyme |līm laɪm | a town in southeastern Connecticut, on the Connecticut River, that gave its name to Lyme disease. Pop. 2,077 (est. 2008 ).

 

Lyme disease

Lyme disease |lʌɪm | noun [ mass noun ] a form of arthritis caused by bacteria that are transmitted by ticks. Lyme disease is caused by the spirochaete Borrelia burgdorferi. ORIGIN 1970s: named after Lyme, a town in Connecticut, US, where an outbreak occurred.

 

Duden Dictionary

Lymearthritis

Lyme ar th ri tis , Lyme ar thri tis Substantiv, feminin Medizin , die |ˈlaɪm …|die Lymearthritis; Genitiv: der Lymearthritis, Plural: die Lymearthrititiden nach dem Ort Lyme in Connecticut, USA, wo die Krankheit zuerst diagnostiziert wurde durch eine bestimmte Zeckenart übertragene Erkrankung der großen Gelenke, besonders des Kniegelenks

 

Lymeborreliose

Lyme bor re li o se , Lyme-Bor re li o se Substantiv, feminin Medizin , die Lyme-Borreliose |ˈlaɪm … ˈlaɪm …|nach der Stadt Lyme in Connecticut, USA, wo die Krankheit 1976 zuerst diagnostiziert wurde in drei Stadien verlaufende schwere Borreliose

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

Lyme disease

L me dis ase /láɪm -/名詞 U 〘医 〙ライム病 〘マダニを媒介とする疾患; 発熱 関節炎 神経系障害などを伴う 〙.