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tularemia 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]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: New Latin, from Tulare County, California Date: 1921 an infectious zoonotic disease especially of wild rabbits, rodents, humans, and some domestic animals that is caused by a bacterium (Francisella tularensis), is transmitted especially by the bites of insects or ticks or by handling infected animals, and in humans is marked by variable symptoms — called also rabbit fever • tularemic adjective