Tularemia Definition

to͝olə-rēmē-ə, tyo͝o-
noun
An infectious disease of rodents, esp. rabbits, caused by a bacterium (Francisella tularensis) and transmitted to humans in handling the flesh of infected animals or by the bite of certain insects: it is characterized in humans by an irregular fever, aching, inflammation of the lymph glands, etc.
Webster's New World
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Origin of Tularemia

  • New Latin after Tulare , a county of south-central California

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Tularemia Sentence Examples

  • The Effects of Anthrax In 1941 the Russians developed tularemia as a biological weapon.

  • A number of rodents serve as reservoirs for human diseases, such as bubonic plague, tularemia, scrub typhus, and others.

  • The workers had handled a live strain of the tularemia bacterium instead of the non-infectious one typically used.

  • Diseases or disorders that involve lymph nodes in specific areas of the body include rabbit fever (tularemia), cat-scratch disease, lymphogranuloma venereum, chancroid, genital herpes, infected acne, dental abscesses, and bubonic plague.

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