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Noun: tularemia  ,too-lu'ree-mee-u
Usage: N. Amer (elsewhere: tularaemia)
  1. A highly infectious disease of rodents (especially rabbits and squirrels) and sometimes transmitted to humans by ticks, flies or by handling infected animals
    "The hunter contracted tularemia after skinning an infected rabbit";
    - tularaemia [Brit, Cdn], rabbit fever, deer fly fever, yatobyo

Derived forms: tularemias

Type of: zoonosis, zoonotic disease

Encyclopedia: Tularemia