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cat scratch disease

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cat scratch disease (uncountable)

  1. (medicine) A relatively benign disease, characterized by swollen lymph nodes, caused by the bacterium Bartonella henselae normally carried by the cat flea Ctenocephalides felis.
    Synonyms: (abbreviation) CSD, cat scratch fever, cat-scratch fever, felinosis, inoculation lymphoreticulosis, subacute regional lymphadenitis, Teeny's disease
    Hypernyms: disease, fever
    Hyponym: Foshay-Mollaret cat-scratch fever
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