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
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pestis::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | pest, pestilence, plague |
| Type of | epidemic disease |
| Has types | glandular plague, pestis bubonica, plague pneumonia, pneumonic plague, pulmonic plague, bubonic plague, septicemic plague |
