cat-scratch disease
[ kat-skrach ]
/ ˈkætˌskrætʃ /
noun Pathology.
a disorder characterized by fever and swelling of the lymph glands, caused by a viral infection resulting from the scratch or bite of a cat.
Also called
cat-scratch fever.
Words nearby cat-scratch disease
cat-eyed,
cat-foot,
cat-harpin,
cat-o'-mountain,
cat-o'-nine-tails,
cat-scratch disease,
cat-scratch fever,
cat-tail,
cat-train,
cat.,
cata-
British Dictionary definitions for cat-scratch fever
cat-scratch fever
noun
a disease of humans caused by an organism, Bartonella henselae, usually resulting from a scratch by a cat and characterized by lymph node enlargement