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Glossary of Cat Terms

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Sphynx Cat: A rare breed of cat with extremely little fur, or at most a short fuzz all over the body, and no whiskers.

Spotted: A term describing a coat pattern with many dark, rounded spots, especially at the rear of the body.

Spotting: A term referring to the white patches on the coat.

Spray: Behavior of a cat (typically male) who emits a stream or spray of urine to mark its territory.

Steatitis: An inflammation of fatty tissue. In cats, often caused by a vitamin E deficiency and causing a sensitivity to touch, fever and poor appetite.

Sterilize: To make sterile or unproductive; spay or neuter.

Stereoscopic Vision: Three-dimensional vision produced by the fusion of two slightly different views of a scene on each retina.

Sterilization: The act or procedure of sterilizing.

Sterling Cat: A silver, longhaired chinchilla cat, similar to a Persian cat but without the squashed face.



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