HyperDic: pneumonic_plague

English > 1 sense of the expression pneumonic plague:
NOUNstatepneumonic plague, pulmonic plague, plague pneumoniaa rapidly progressive and frequently fatal form of the plague that can spread through the air from person to person
English > pneumonic plague: 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.
Synonymspulmonic plague, plague pneumonia
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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