tularemia
or tu·la·rae·mi·a
[too-luh-ree-mee-uh]
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noun Pathology, Veterinary Pathology.
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.
Origin of tularemia
Also called deer fly fever, rabbit fever.
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Examples from the Web for tularemia
Contemporary Examples of tularemia
Where better to test cultures of anthrax, typhoid, plague and tularemia than on an island in a sea in the middle of the desert?
Historical Examples of tularemia
"Tularemia, of course," he said, touching his lighter to the tip.
Temple TroubleHenry Beam Piper
Actually, many kinds of mammals are quite as likely to have tularemia as are rabbits.
A Synopsis of the North American LagomorphaE. Raymond Hall
Now that streptomycin is available, cases of tularemia in persons are easily cured.
A Synopsis of the North American LagomorphaE. Raymond Hall
No evidence of plague or of tularemia was reported after study of 494 small rodents obtained from 13 localities in the Park.
Mammals of Mesa Verde National Park, ColoradoSydney Anderson
tularemia
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