cat scratch disease

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

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Questions about cat scratch disease

What does cat scratch disease mean?

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

Is cat scratch disease a common word?

cat scratch disease is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.