HAVERHILL FEVER


Meaning of HAVERHILL FEVER in English

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

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