| NOUN | state | pestis, plague, pestilence, pest | 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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| Meaning | 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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| Synonyms | plague, pestilence, pest | |
| Narrower | bubonic plague, pestis bubonica, glandular plague | The most common form of the plague in humans |
| pneumonic plague, pulmonic plague, plague pneumonia | A rapidly progressive and frequently fatal form of the plague that can spread through the air from person to person | |
| septicemic plague | An especially dangerous and generally fatal form of the plague in which infecting organisms invade the bloodstream | |
| Broader | epidemic disease | Any infectious disease that develops and spreads rapidly to many people |
| Spanish | peste, pestilencia, pestis, plaga | |
| Catalan | pesta, pestis, plaga | |
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