Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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pestilence | Yes | No | No | No |
pestis bubonica | Yes | No | No | No |
pestilence (noun) | pestis bubonica (noun) |
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a pernicious and malign influence that is hard to get rid of | 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 |
any epidemic disease with a high death rate | |
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 |