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Meaning of rat-bite fever | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. Any febrile human illness caused by bacteria transmitted by rodents.
    uncountable
  2. Spirillosis, or sodoku, transmitted by the gram-negative coiled rod Spirillum minus, found in Asia.
    uncountable
  3. Streptobacillosis, or Haverhill fever or epidemic arthritic erythema, a severe disease caused by Streptobacillus moniliformis
    uncountable

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

rat-fall rat-folk rat-fuck rat-fucker rat-goose rat-licker

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