cat scratch disease

English

Alternative forms

• cat-scratch disease

Noun

cat scratch disease (uncountable)

1. (medicine) A relatively benign disease, characterized by swollen lymph nodes, caused by the bacterium Bartonella henselae normally carried by the cat flea Ctenocephalides felis.

   Synonyms: (abbreviation) CSD, cat scratch fever, cat-scratch fever, felinosis, inoculation lymphoreticulosis, subacute regional lymphadenitis, Teeny's disease

   Hypernyms: disease, fever

   Hyponym: Foshay-Mollaret cat-scratch fever

Related terms

• catscratch

Translations

benign disease

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 貓抓病／猫抓病 (māozhuābìng)

• Finnish: kissanraapimatauti

See also

• rat-bite fever