| NOM | state | pestis, pesta, 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 |
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| 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 | |
| Específic | pesta bubònica | The most common form of the plague in humans |
| 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 | |
| Espanyol | peste, pestilencia, pestis, plaga | |
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