See Also: touchy(dictionary)
touchy(dictionary)
touchy-feely(dictionary)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
bartonella(medicine)
Bartonella quintana(medicine)
bartonella infections(medicine)
Bartonella quintana(health)
Bartonella bacilliformis(medicine)
Bartonella anaemia(medicine)

bartonella infections (medicine) and touchy (oh)


bartonella infections (medicine)


bartonella infections
Infections by the genus bartonella. Bartonella bacilliformis can cause acute febrile anaemia, designated oroya fever, and a benign skin eruption, called verruga peruana. Bartonella quintana causes trench fever, while bartonella henselae is the aetiologic agent of bacillary angiomatosis (angiomatosis, bacillary) and is also one of the causes of cat scratch disease in immunocompetent patients.


touchy (oh)



easily becoming offended or annoyed
touchy about
::She is very touchy about her past.
touchy subject/question etc
a subject etc that needs to be dealt with very carefully, especially because it may offend people
::Asking about a reporter's sources can be a touchy business.
-- touchiness n [U]