# Haverhill fever

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. Epidemic arthritic erythema, a form of rat-bite fever caused by the bacterium Streptobacillus moniliformis.

## Etymology
From an outbreak that occurred in Haverhill, Massachusetts, in January 1926.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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