bubonic plague
Noun
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Noun
bubonic plague
- (disease) A contagious, often fatal, epidemic disease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis, transmitted by the bite of fleas from an infected person or rodent, especially a rat, and characterized by delirium, chills, fever, vomiting, diarrhea, and the formation of buboes.
- French: peste bubonique
- German: Beulenpest
- Portuguese: peste bubónica (Portugal), peste bubônica (Brazil)
- Russian: бубо́нная чума́
- Spanish: peste bubónica
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