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definition
- In rat
) In scientific usage, rat applies to any of 56 thin-tailed, medium-sized rodent species in the genus Rattus native to continental Asia and the adjacent islands of Southeast Asia eastward to the Australia-New Guinea region. A few species have spread far beyond their native range in close association with…
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rat-bite fever
- In rat-bite fever
…the bite of an infected rat. The disease occurs primarily in Asia and is caused by the bacterium Spirillum minus.
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