RATBITE FEVER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ratbite fever mean? 

• RATBITE FEVER (noun)
  The noun RATBITE FEVER has 1 sense:

1. either of two infectious diseases transmitted to humans by the bite of a rat or mouse; characterized by fever and headache and nausea and skin eruptions

  Familiarity information: RATBITE FEVER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RATBITE FEVER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Either of two infectious diseases transmitted to humans by the bite of a rat or mouse; characterized by fever and headache and nausea and skin eruptions

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("ratbite fever" is a kind of...):

infectious disease (a disease transmitted only by a specific kind of contact)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ratbite fever"):

Haverhill fever (the form of ratbite fever occurring in the United States)

sodoku; spirillum fever (the form of ratbite fever occurring in the Far East)