Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - tularemia

 noun  Etymology: New Latin, from Tulare County, California  Date: 1921 an infectious zoonotic disease especially of wild rabbits, rodents, humans, and some domestic animals that is caused by a bacterium (Francisella tularensis), is transmitted especially by the bites of insects or ticks or by handling infected animals, and in humans is marked by variable symptoms — called also rabbit fever  • tularemic adjective