pestis

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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:
plague (for: plague)
• Hypernyms:
epidemic disease
• Hyponyms:
bubonic plague, pestis bubonica, glandular plague, pneumonic plague, pulmonic plague,
plague pneumonia, septicemic plague