Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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pestis | Yes | No | No | No |
septicemic plague | Yes | No | No | No |
pestis (noun) | septicemic plague (noun) |
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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 | an especially dangerous and generally fatal form of the plague in which infecting organisms invade the bloodstream; does not spread from person to person |