Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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epidemic disease | Yes | No | No | No |
pestis | Yes | No | No | No |
epidemic disease (noun) | pestis (noun) |
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any infectious disease that develops and spreads rapidly to many people | 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 |