tularaemia

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Noun

HYPHEN

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun tularaemia has 1 sense

tularaemia(n = noun.state) deer fly fever, rabbit fever, tularemia, yatobyo - a highly infectious disease of rodents (especially rabbits and squirrels) and sometimes transmitted to humans by ticks or flies or by handling infected animals; Array

has parts: chancre

is a kind of zoonosis, zoonotic disease

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

tularaemia, 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.

Derivative

tularaemic adj.

Etymology

mod.L f. Tulare County in California, where it was first observed

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