deer fly fever

noun

tularemia

Meanings

noundeer fly fever (uncountable)
  1. informaluncountabletularemia

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna highly infectious disease of rodents (especially rabbits and squirrels) and sometimes transmitted to humans by ticks or flies or by handling infected animals

Broader
zoonosiszoonotic disease

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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