tularemia
21tularemia — n. rabbit fever, deer fly fever, bacterial disease in animals which can be transmitted to humans by insects or by handling infected animals (symptoms include fever) …
22tularemia — tu·la·re·mia …
23tularemia — tu•la•re•mi•a or tu•la•rae•mi•a [[t]ˌtu ləˈri mi ə[/t]] n. pat vet a plaguelike disease of rabbits, squirrels, etc., caused by a bacterium, Francisella tularensis, transmitted to humans by insects or ticks or by the handling of infected animals • …
24tularemia — /tuləˈrimiə/ (say toohluh reemeeuh) noun an acute, febrile, infectious disease of rodents, rabbits, possums, etc., caused by a bacterium, Francisella tularensis, transmitted to humans by the bite of an insect, such as a tick, or by the handling… …
25tularemia — 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 (Freq. 2) • Syn: ↑tularaemia, ↑rabbit fever, ↑deer fly fever, ↑yatobyo •… …
26pneumonic tularemia — pulmonary tularemia, pulmonic tularemia tularemia with lung involvement, caused by either lymphohematogenous spread of a primary infection or by inhalation of aerosolized bacteria; characteristics include nonproductive cough, headache, fever,… …
27glandular tularemia — a type of tularemia similar to ulceroglandular tularemia, with lymphadenopathy but no visible primary skin lesion …
28oropharyngeal tularemia — pharyngeal tularemia a type of ulceroglandular tularemia, usually seen in children and resulting from direct inoculation from eating contaminated food such as inadequately cooked meat; characteristics include ulcerative pharyngitis with pustular… …
29septicemic tularemia — typhoidal tularemia the most serious form of tularemia, which may be caused by swallowing an inoculum of the pathogen or by inhaling the organisms while chewing contaminated food; symptoms include abdominal pain, high fever, and other symptoms… …
30gastrointestinal tularemia — a rare form of tularemia that follows ingestion of large numbers of Francisella tularensis, characterized by cramping abdominal pain, acute watery diarrhea, fever, and, infrequently, superficial ulcerations of the colon resulting in bloody… …
