NOM | state | pesta pneumònica | a rapidly progressive and frequently fatal form of the plague that can spread through the air from person to person |
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Sentit | A rapidly progressive and frequently fatal form of the plague that can spread through the air from person to person; characterized by lung involvement with chill, bloody expectoration and high fever. | |
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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 | pneumonic plague, pulmonic plague, plague pneumonia | |
Espanyol | peste neumónica, peste pneumónica |
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