NOM | state | pesta bubònica | the most common form of the plague in humans |
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Sentit | The most common form of the plague in humans; characterized by chills, prostration, delirium and the formation of buboes in the armpits and groin; does not spread from person to person. | |
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Específic | pesta negra, pesta Negra | The epidemic form of bubonic plague experienced during the Middle Ages when it killed nearly half the people of western Europe |
General | pesta, pestis, plaga | A 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 |
Anglès | bubonic plague, pestis bubonica, glandular plague | |
Espanyol | peste bubónica, peste glandular |
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