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Haverhill fever

Hav·er·hill fe·ver [ háyvəril fvər ]


noun 
Definition:
 
rat-bite fever from contaminated milk: an infectious disease in humans caused by milk contaminated with the bacillus that causes rat-bite fever, Streptobacillus moniliformis

[Early 20th century. After a township in Massachusetts]
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