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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An infectious disease of humans caused by Bartonella henselae that is transmitted by the scratch or bite of a cat and is marked by a papular lesion, fever, and swollen lymph glands.
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- noun medicine
cat scratch fever
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- noun a disease thought to be transmitted to humans by a scratch from a cat
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