NOMBRE | state | peste neumónica, peste pneumónica | a rapidly progressive and frequently fatal form of the plague that can spread through the air from person to person |
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Sentido | A 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. | |
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Sinónimo | peste pneumónica | |
General | peste, pestilencia, pestis, 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 |
Inglés | pneumonic plague, pulmonic plague, plague pneumonia | |
Catalán | pesta pneumònica |
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