Useful english dictionary. 2012.
plague — Synonyms and related words: afflict, affliction, aggravate, aggravation, ail, ambulatory plague, anguish, annoy, annoyance, apply pressure, badger, bait, bane, be at, be the matter, bedevil, beleaguer, beset, besiege, bevy, bitch, black death,… … Moby Thesaurus
Plague — The plague is an infectious disease due to a bacteria called Yersinia pestis. Y. pestis mainly infects rats and other rodents. Rodents are the prime reservoir for the bacteria. Fleas function as the prime vectors carrying the bacteria from one… … Medical dictionary
bubonic plague — noun 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 • Syn: ↑pestis bubonica, ↑glandular plague • Hypernyms:… … Useful english dictionary
ambulant plague — noun a mild form of bubonic plague • Syn: ↑ambulatory plague, ↑pestis ambulans • Hypernyms: ↑bubonic plague, ↑pestis bubonica, ↑glandular plague … Useful english dictionary
ambulatory plague — noun a mild form of bubonic plague • Syn: ↑ambulant plague, ↑pestis ambulans • Hypernyms: ↑bubonic plague, ↑pestis bubonica, ↑glandular plague … Useful english dictionary
Black Plague — noun the epidemic form of bubonic plague experienced during the Middle Ages when it killed nearly half the people of western Europe • Syn: ↑Black Death • Hypernyms: ↑bubonic plague, ↑pestis bubonica, ↑glandular plague … Useful english dictionary
black death — Synonyms and related words: African lethargy, Asiatic cholera, Chagres fever, German measles, Haverhill fever, acute articular rheumatism, ague, alkali disease, ambulatory plague, amebiasis, amebic dysentery, anthrax, bacillary dysentery, bastard … Moby Thesaurus
tuberculosis — Synonyms and related words: African lethargy, Asiatic cholera, Chagres fever, German measles, Haverhill fever, TB, acute articular rheumatism, aerogenic tuberculosis, ague, alkali disease, ambulatory plague, amebiasis, amebic dysentery, anthrax,… … Moby Thesaurus
epidemic — Synonyms and related words: abounding, abundant, affluent, all sufficing, ambulatory plague, ample, aplenty, average, besetting, black death, black plague, bottomless, bounteous, bountiful, bubonic plague, catching, cellulocutaneous plague,… … Moby Thesaurus
pandemic — Synonyms and related words: ambulatory plague, average, besetting, black death, black plague, bubonic plague, catching, cellulocutaneous plague, common, communicable, contagious, current, defervescing plague, dominant, endemic, epidemial,… … Moby Thesaurus
