HyperDic: plague_pneumonia

English > 1 sense of the expression plague pneumonia:
NOUNstateplague pneumonia, pneumonic plague, pulmonic plaguea rapidly progressive and frequently fatal form of the plague that can spread through the air from person to person
English > plague pneumonia: 1 sense > noun 1, state
MeaningA 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.
Synonymspneumonic plague, pulmonic plague
Broaderplague, pestilence, pest, pestisA 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
Spanishpeste neumónica, peste pneumónica
Catalanpesta pneumònica

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