rat-bite fever (English, noun)
expansion: rat-bite fever (uncountable)
Senses:
glosses: Any febrile human illness caused by bacteria transmitted by rodents.
Spirillosis, or sodoku, transmitted by the gram-negative coiled rod Spirillum minus, found in Asia.
tags: uncountable
glosses: Any febrile human illness caused by bacteria transmitted by rodents.
Streptobacillosis, or Haverhill fever or epidemic arthritic erythema, a severe disease caused by Streptobacillus moniliformis
tags: uncountable
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