Sentit | 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. |
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Sinònims | pesta, plaga |
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Específic | pesta bubònica | The most common form of the plague in humans |
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pesta pneumònica | A rapidly progressive and frequently fatal form of the plague that can spread through the air from person to person |
pesta septicèmica | An especially dangerous and generally fatal form of the plague in which infecting organisms invade the bloodstream |
Anglès | plague, pestilence, pest, pestis |
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Espanyol | peste, pestilencia, pestis, plaga |
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