tularemia
tu·la·re·mia
noun
1.
a highly infectious disease of rodents (especially rabbits and squirrels) and sometimes transmitted to humans by ticks or flies or by handling infected animals
Origin
Tulare County, California, where it was discovered, + -emia
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