ratbite fever

Definitions of ratbite fever
  1. noun
    either of two infectious diseases transmitted to humans by the bite of a rat or mouse; characterized by fever and headache and nausea and skin eruptions
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    types:
    Haverhill fever
    the form of ratbite fever occurring in the United States
    sodoku, spirillum fever
    the form of ratbite fever occurring in the Far East
    type of:
    infectious disease
    a disease transmitted only by a specific kind of contact
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