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Haverhill fever

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Etymology

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From an outbreak that occurred in Haverhill, Massachusetts, in January 1926.

Noun

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Haverhill fever (uncountable)

  1. Epidemic arthritic erythema, a form of rat-bite fever caused by the bacterium Streptobacillus moniliformis.
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