HyperDic: septicemic_plague

English > 1 sense of the expression septicemic plague:
NOUNstatesepticemic plaguean especially dangerous and generally fatal form of the plague in which infecting organisms invade the bloodstream
English > septicemic plague: 1 sense > noun 1, state
MeaningAn especially dangerous and generally fatal form of the plague in which infecting organisms invade the bloodstream; does not spread from person to person.
Broaderplague, pestilence, pest, pestisA serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal
Spanishpeste septicémica
Catalanpesta septicèmica

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