ratbite fever

1. 1.

   either of two infectious diseases transmitted to humans by the bite of a rat or mouse; characterized by fever and headache and nausea and skin eruptions

   Broaderinfectious disease

   NarrowerHaverhill feversodoku

Questions about ratbite fever

What does ratbite fever mean?

ratbite fever means "either of two infectious diseases transmitted to humans by the bite of a rat or mouse; characterized by fever and headache and nausea and skin eruptions".

Is ratbite fever a common word?

ratbite fever 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.