tu·la·re·mi·a (t  l -r  m-, ty-)n. An infectious disease caused by the bacterium Francisella tularensis that chiefly affects rodents but can also be transmitted to humans through the bite of various insects or contact with infected animals. In humans, the disease is characterized by intermittent fever and swelling of the lymph nodes. Also called rabbit fever. [New Latin, after Tulare, a county of south-central California.] tu la·remic adj. |
| tularemia (tl-rm-) 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. |
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| Noun | 1. | tularemia - a highly infectious disease of rodents (especially rabbits and squirrels) and sometimes transmitted to humans by ticks or flies or by handling infected animals chancre - a small hard painless nodule at the site of entry of a pathogen (as syphilis) zoonosis, zoonotic disease - an animal disease that can be transmitted to humans |
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