cat-scratch fever

Variant of cat-scratch disease

cat-scratch disease definition

cat·-scratch· disease (kat′skrac̸h′)

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 Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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