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bubonic plague

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.

synonyms: glandular plague, pestis bubonica.

Roget 655: disease; illness, sickness etc. adj.; ailing &c.; all the ills that flesh is heir to" [Hamlet]; morbidity, morbosity; infirmity, ailment, indisposition; ... show more

Dutch: builenpest, pest, pestilentie, pestkoorts


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