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cat scratch disease

n :  an illness that is characterized by chills, slight fever, and swelling of the lymph glands and is caused by a gram-negative bacillus of the genus Afipia (A. felis) transmitted esp. by a cat scratch - called also cat scratch fever  .
 
 

 
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