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Cat Scratch Disease

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Noun

1. cat scratch disease

a disease thought to be transmitted to humans by a scratch from a cat

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Cat Scratch Disease

see synonyms of cat scratch disease
an ailment characterized by fever and swollen glands and believed to be caused by bacteria transmitted by the scratch or bite of a cat
: also cat-scratch fever

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Cat Scratch Disease

see synonyms of cat scratch disease
n.
An infectious disease of humans that is caused by a bacterium (Bartonella henselae) transmitted by the scratch or bite of a cat and is characterized by a papular lesion, fever, and swollen lymph glands. Also called cat scratch fever.

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