ˈhāv(ə)rə̇l- noun
Usage: usually capitalized H
Etymology: from Haverhill, Mass., where the disease appeared in epidemic proportions in 1926
: rat-bite fever not always contracted from the bite of a rat but sometimes from contaminated food
ˈhāv(ə)rə̇l- noun
Usage: usually capitalized H
Etymology: from Haverhill, Mass., where the disease appeared in epidemic proportions in 1926
: rat-bite fever not always contracted from the bite of a rat but sometimes from contaminated food
Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012