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noun
A bacterial zoonotic disease, a form of rat-bite fever caused by the bacterium Spirillum minus.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
the form of ratbite fever occurring in the Far East
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: spirillum fever
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: ratbite fever
History
From Japanese 鼠毒.
