NOUN | state | septicemic plague | an especially dangerous and generally fatal form of the plague in which infecting organisms invade the bloodstream |
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Meaning | An especially dangerous and generally fatal form of the plague in which infecting organisms invade the bloodstream; does not spread from person to person. | |
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Broader | plague, pestilence, pest, pestis | 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 |
Spanish | peste septicémica | |
Catalan | pesta septicèmica |
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