lime disease
English
noun
Definitions
- (pathology) Hypersensitivity to ultraviolet radiation, causing pus-filled rashes, caused by furanocoumarins in lime juice. Furanocoumarins damage DNA when activated by UV.
Etymology
Compound from English lime (mineral) + English disease.
Origin
English
disease
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Limedale English
- antidisease English
- belime English
- birdlime English
- brooklime English
- delime English
- disease English
- disease-free English
- disease-ridden English
- diseased English
- diseaseful English
- diseaseless English
- diseaselike English
- diseasement English
- diseaseth English
- diseasome English
- ease English
- lime English
- lime-twig English
- limeade English
- limejuice English
- limekiln English
- limeless English
- limelight English
- limelike English
- limerod English
- limescale English
- limestone English
- limetwig English
- limewash English
- limewater English
- limewood English
- limeworks English
- limey English
- limeyard English
- limy English
- neurodisease English
- nitrolime English
- nondisease English
- overlime English
- predisease English
- quicklime English
- relime English
- unlime English
- von Willebrand disease English
- whitelime English
- corona Latin
- lime French
- lima Spanish, Castilian
- ライム Japanese
- disese Middle English
- lyme Middle English
- ليم Arabic
- 萊姆 Chinese
- 라임 Korean
- ļaim̧ Marshallese
- laim Samoan Plantation Pidgin
- ease
- limy
- lime
- limey
- relime
- unlime
- belime
- delime
- limeade
- disease
- limerod
- diseased
- limelike
- limeless
- limekiln
- limeyard
- Limedale
- limewash
- birdlime
- overlime
- limetwig
- limewood
- limelight
- diseaseth
- lime-twig
- limeworks
- nitrolime
- quicklime
- whitelime
- limewater
- limestone
- limejuice
- brooklime
- diseasome
- limescale
- predisease
- nondisease
- diseaseful
- diseaseless
- diseasement
- diseaselike
- antidisease
- neurodisease
- disease-free
- disease-ridden
- von Willebrand disease