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tularaemia definitions

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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a highly infectious disease of rodents (especially rabbits and squirrels) and sometimes transmitted to humans by ticks or flies or by handling infected animals [syn: tularemia, tularaemia, rabbit fever, deer fly fever, yatobyo]

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (US tularemia) a severe infectious disease of animals transmissible to man, caused by the bacterium Pasteurella tularense and characterized by ulcers at the site of infection, fever, and loss of weight. Derivatives: tularaemic adj. Etymology: mod.L f. Tulare County in California, where it was first observed