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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
plague pneumonia — noun a rapidly progressive and frequently fatal form of the plague that can spread through the air from person to person; characterized by lung involvement with chill, bloody expectoration and high fever • Syn: ↑pneumonic plague, ↑pulmonic plague … Useful english dictionary
pneumonic plague — noun a rapidly progressive and frequently fatal form of the plague that can spread through the air from person to person; characterized by lung involvement with chill, bloody expectoration and high fever • Syn: ↑pulmonic plague, ↑plague pneumonia … Useful english dictionary
pneumonic plague — n plague of an extremely virulent form that is caused by a bacterium of the genus Pasteurella (P. pestis), involves chiefly the lungs, and usu. is transmitted from person to person by droplet infection compare BUBONIC PLAGUE * * * pulmonic plague … Medical dictionary
septicemic plague — an acute fulminating form of plague with high density bacteremia and fever, chills, prostration, abdominal pain, shock, and bleeding into skin and other organs. It can occur as a complication of bubonic or pneumonic plague, or can be a primary… … Medical dictionary
pestis — noun 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 • Syn: ↑plague, ↑pestilence, ↑pest • Derivationally related forms:… … Useful english dictionary
tularemia — A disease caused by Francisella tularensis and transmitted to humans from rodents through the bite of a deer fly, Chrysops discalis, and other bloodsucking insects; can also be acquired directly through the bite of an infected animal or through… … Medical dictionary
Disease — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Disease >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 disease disease Sgm: N 1 illness illness sickness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 ailing ailing &c.??? all the ills that flesh is heir to =>(Hamlet) Sgm: N 1 morbidity morbidity … English dictionary for students
pneumonic — adjective 1. pertaining to or characterized by or affected by pneumonia pneumonic plague • Pertains to noun: ↑pneumonia • Derivationally related forms: ↑pneumonia 2. relating to or affecting the lungs pulmonary disease … Useful english dictionary
pneumonic — adjective Etymology: New Latin pneumonicus, from Greek pneumonikos, from pneumōn Date: 1675 1. of, relating to, or affecting the lungs < pneumonic plague > ; pulmonic, pulmonary 2. of, relating to, or affected with pneumonia … New Collegiate Dictionary
