cat scratch
Tabby wound souvenir
A cat scratch is a wound or mark left by a cat's claw, typically a thin, shallow laceration.
Cat scratches can transmit bacteria, leading to cat scratch fever (or cat scratch disease), an infection causing swollen lymph nodes and flu-like symptoms.
The cat scratch on her arm took a week to heal.
- clawCurved animal nail
- felineOf or like cats
- hissSharp sibilant sound
- woundCoiled, or an injury
- infectionPathogen invasion causing illness
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- scratchesscrape, scuff, gash, abrasion, claw mark
- injuriesbruise, fracture, sprain, fractures, concussion
- skin woundsabrasion, scrape, graze, skinned knee, skin tear
- wildlife dangershark attack, bear attack, lion attack, tiger attack, crocodile attack
- disease spreadairborne, bloodborne, contact, droplets, fecal-oral
- fabric flawssnag, tear, hole, pilling, fray
type of animal-inflicted wound
cat scratchcat bite
dog bite · bite · snake bite · animal bite · bee sting
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