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Definition of: tularemia
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′lə·rē′mē·ə) noun
A disease of rodents, especially rabbits, caused by a micro-organism (Pasteurella tularensis) which may be transmitted to man by flies and certain insects, producing an undulant fever; rabbit fever. Also tu′la·rae′mi·a. [<NL, from Tulare County, California + Gk. haima blood]
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