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Definition of Tularemia
1. Noun. A highly infectious disease of rodents (especially rabbits and squirrels) and sometimes transmitted to humans by ticks or flies or by handling infected animals.
Terms within: Chancre
Generic synonyms: Zoonosis, Zoonotic Disease
Definition of Tularemia
1. Noun. (disease) An infectious disease caused by the bacterium ''Francisella tularensis''. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tularemia
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tularemia
Literary usage of Tularemia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Biological Weapons: The Threat Posed by Terrorists (2000)
""N< body knows today, but we can assume that the tularemia is still there ...
Nobody knows if anyone has died of the American-Russian tularemia around the ..."
2. National Symposium on Medical and Public Health Response to Bioterrorism edited by Joseph E. McDade (1999)
"Other bacterial agents capable of causing a maximum credible event include plague
and tularemia. Plague, like smallpox and anthrax, can decimate a ..."
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