Haverhill fever

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From an outbreak that occurred in Haverhill, Massachusetts in January, 1926.

Noun[edit]

Haverhill fever (uncountable)

  1. Epidemic arthritic erythema, a form of rat-bite fever caused by the bacterium Streptobacillus moniliformis.
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