rabbit fever

noun

: tularemia

Examples of rabbit fever in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Tularemia, or rabbit fever, is also thought to be spread this way. — Brendan Borrell, The Atlantic, 3 July 2020

About 100 to 200 cases of rabbit fever in humans are reported every year in the United States, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health website. — Lisa Gutierrez, kansascity, 29 June 2018

Ticks spread Lyme disease, anaplasmosis, babesiosis, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, rabbit fever, Powassan virus and other ills, some of them only recently discovered. — Donald G. McNeil Jr., New York Times, 1 May 2018

Word History

First Known Use

1925, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for rabbit fever

• unbeliever
• achiever
• believer
• deceiver
• perceiver
• receiver
• reliever
• retriever
• transceiver
• cleaver
• leaver
• weaver

Medical Definition

rabbit fever

noun

rab·​bit fever ˈrab-ət- 

: tularemia