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bubonic plague
noun
- a serious, sometimes fatal, infection with the bacterial toxin Yersinia pestis, transmitted by fleas from infected rodents and characterized by high fever, weakness, and the formation of buboes, especially in the groin and armpits.
bubonic plague
noun
- 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
bubonic plague
- A highly contagious disease , usually fatal, affecting the lymphatic system . The bubonic plague is caused by bacteria transmitted to humans by rat-borne fleas.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of bubonic plague1
Example Sentences
The bubonic plague of the 1340s was often blamed on Jews by the Ahmadinejads of the era.
The terrible plague of the Black Death that swept over Europe from 1347 to 1350 was a malignant form of the bubonic plague.
The bubonic plague, the most fatal of all epidemic diseases, has already appeared in California and Mexico.
In visiting a case of bubonic plague the priest should be as cautious as if he were attending a smallpox patient.
A determined effort is now being made to exterminate the rat because of its connection with bubonic plague.
Bubonic plague, one of the most dreaded of all infectious diseases, is carried to man by fleas from rats.
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