Medical Dictionary

erythema migrans

noun

Medical Definition of ERYTHEMA MIGRANS

:  a spreading annular erythematous skin lesion that is an early symptom of Lyme disease and that develops at the site of the bite of a tick (as the deer tick) infected with the causative spirochete—called also erythema chronicum migrans
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