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cat-scratch disease

cat-scratch disease is the alternative spelling of cat scratch disease.

Meaning of cat scratch disease

Noun

cat scratch disease (uncountable)

  1. A relatively benign disease, characterized by swollen lymph nodes, caused by the bacterium Bartonella henselae normally carried by the cat flea Ctenocephalides felis.

Questions about cat-scratch disease

What is cat-scratch disease the alternative spelling of?
Cat-scratch disease is the alternative spelling of cat scratch disease.

Words near cat-scratch disease in the dictionary

  1. cat-o-nines
  2. cat-proof
  3. cat-rigged
  4. cat-salt
  5. cat-sat
  6. cat-scratch disease
  7. cat-scratch fever
  8. cat-shy
  9. cat-sit
  10. cat-sits
  11. cat-sitting

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