tularemia

or tu·la·rae·mi·a

[ too-luh-ree-mee-uh ]

noun

, Pathology, Veterinary Pathology.

1. a plaguelike disease of rabbits, squirrels, etc., caused by a bacterium, Francisella tularensis, transmitted to humans by insects or ticks or by the handling of infected animals and causing fever, muscle pain, and symptoms associated with the point of entry into the body.

tularemia

/ to̅o̅′lə-rē′mē-ə /

1. An infectious disease characterized by intermittent fever and swelling of the lymph nodes, caused by the bacterium Francisella tularensis. It chiefly affects wild rabbits and rodents but can also be transmitted to humans through the bite of various insects or through contact with infected animals.

Other Words From

• tula·remic tula·raemic adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of tularemia¹

1920–25, Americanism; Tulare, California county where first found + -emia

Example Sentences

Where better to test cultures of anthrax, typhoid, plague and tularemia than on an island in a sea in the middle of the desert?

From The Daily Beast

No evidence of plague or of tularemia was reported after study of 494 small rodents obtained from 13 localities in the Park.

From Project Gutenberg

Now that streptomycin is available, cases of tularemia in persons are easily cured.

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Actually, many kinds of mammals are quite as likely to have tularemia as are rabbits.

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"Tularemia, of course," he said, touching his lighter to the tip.

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