cat scratch disease
cat scratch disease
nounDefinition of CAT SCRATCH DISEASE
: an illness that is characterized by swelling of the lymph glands, fever, and chills and is caused by a bacterium (Bartonella henselae syn. Rochalimaea henselae) transmitted especially by a cat scratch —called also cat scratch fever
First Known Use of CAT SCRATCH DISEASE
1952
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