CAT SCRATCH DISEASE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cat scratch disease mean? 

• CAT SCRATCH DISEASE (noun)
  The noun CAT SCRATCH DISEASE has 1 sense:

1. a disease thought to be transmitted to humans by a scratch from a cat

  Familiarity information: CAT SCRATCH DISEASE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CAT SCRATCH DISEASE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A disease thought to be transmitted to humans by a scratch from a cat

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("cat scratch disease" is a kind of...):

disease (an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning)

 Context examples 

Cat scratch disease (CSD) is an illness caused by the bacterium Bartonella henselae.

(Cat Scratch Disease, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

B. henselae is the primary agent of cat scratch disease.

(Bartonella henselae, NCI Thesaurus)