bubonic plague

bu·bon·ic plague  (b-bnk, by-)

n.

A contagious, often fatal epidemic disease caused by the bacterium Yersinia (syn. Pasteurella) pestis, transmitted from person to person or by the bite of fleas from an infected rodent, especially a rat, and characterized by chills, fever, vomiting, diarrhea, and the formation of buboes.

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bubonic plague

n

(Medicine / Pathology) an acute infectious febrile disease characterized by chills, prostration, delirium, and formation of buboes: caused by the bite of a rat flea infected with the bacterium Yersinia pestis See also plague

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bubonic plague  (b-bnk)

See under plague.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

bubonic plague - the most common form of the plague in humans; characterized by chills, prostration, delirium and the formation of buboes in the armpits and groin; does not spread from person to person glandular plague, pestis bubonica pest, pestilence, pestis, plague - 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 ambulant plague, ambulatory plague, pestis ambulans - a mild form of bubonic plague Black Death, Black Plague - the epidemic form of bubonic plague experienced during the Middle Ages when it killed nearly half the people of western Europe

Translations

bubonic plague [bjuːˌbɒnɪkˈpleɪg] N → peste f bubónica

bubonic plague

n → Beulenpest f

bubonic plague [bjuːˈbɒnɪkˈpleɪg] adj → peste f bubbonica

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bubonic plague [bjuːˈbɒnɪkˈpleɪg] adj → peste f bubbonica