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Bubonic plague
A contagious, often fatal, epidemic disease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis, transmitted by the bite of fleas from an infected person or rodent, especially a rat, and characterized by delirium, chills, fever, vomiting, diarrhea, and the formation of buboes.
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A contagious, often fatal, epidemic disease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis, transmitted by the bite of fleas from an infected person or rodent, especially a rat, and characterized by delirium, chills, fever, vomiting, diarrhea, and the formation of buboes.
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| pneumonic plaguenoun | A severe lung infection caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis. |
| plaguenoun | (often used with the, sometimes capitalized: the Plague) The bubonic plague, the pestilent disease caused by the virulent bacterium Yersinia pestis. |
| white plaguenoun | (medicine) Tuberculosis, especially of the lungs. |
| superplaguenoun | A very dangerous and infectious plague. |
| black deathnoun | (pathology, historical) A pandemic outbreak of bubonic plague throughout Europe and most of Asia in the 14th century that killed nearly half the population of Europe and Asia. |
| plague spotnoun | A location where plague is active. |
| putrid fevernoun | Typhus. |
| siberian plaguenoun | Synonym of anthrax. |
| yersiniosisnoun | (pathology) A disease caused by infection by a bacterium of the genus Yersinia, especially Yersinia enterocolitica. |
| hog plaguenoun | (chiefly US, now rare) Synonym of swine fever. |
| bubonoun | (pathology) An inflamed swelling of a lymph node, especially in the armpit or groin, due to an infection such as bubonic plague, gonorrhea, tuberculosis, or syphilis. |
| pleuropneumonianoun | (pathology) inflammation of the pleura and lungs; a combination of pleurisy and pneumonia, especially a kind of contagious and fatal lung disease of cattle and pigs, caused by infection by Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae |
| blightnoun | (figurative) Something that impedes development or growth, or spoils any other aspect of life. |
| typhusnoun | (pathology) Any of several similar diseases, characterised by high recurrent fever, caused by Rickettsia bacteria. Not to be confused with typhoid fever. |
| pasteurellosisnoun | (pathology) Any disease caused by infection with bacteria of the genus Pasteurella. |
| gay plaguenoun | (pathology, obsolete, slang, 1980s) Synonym of AIDS (“acquired immune deficiency syndrome”). |
| trench fevernoun | (medicine) An acute infectious disease, caused by the microorganism Rickettsia quintana (now Bartonella quintana) and transmitted by the louse Pediculus humanus, that affected very many soldiers during World War I. |
| blood poisoningnoun | (pathology) The presence in the bloodstream of microorganisms or their toxins in a sufficient quantity to cause serious illness; sepsis or septicemia. |
| lazaret fevernoun | (obsolete) typhus |
| brucellosisnoun | (pathology) Infection by a bacterium of the genus Brucella, which is carried by ruminants and other mammals, with symptoms including recurring fevers, sweating, weakness, anorexia, headaches, depression, and generalized aches and pains. |
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