ratborne en · ADJ
Etymology
From rat + -borne.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Transmitted by rats.
And your Caribbeans with their spliffs and their potbelly toddlers and their like daily barbecues and ratborne hanta viruses and sugary drinks with pig blood at the bottom? Slam the cell door, eat the key.
2001, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections: