CAT SCRATCH DISEASE


Meaning of CAT SCRATCH DISEASE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]

Date: 1952

: 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

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