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Bubonic plague   /bjubˈɑnɪk pleɪg/   Listen
Bubonic plague

noun
1.
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.  Synonyms: glandular plague, pestis bubonica.





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"Bubonic plague" Quotes from Famous Books



... explained. "There was bubonic plague there, or something like it. You would be in no danger from that. It is only that you might be held up by the regulations. Passenger steamers can't land any one who has been there at any other port of the West Indies. The English are especially strict. The Royal Mail won't even receive any ...
— My Buried Treasure • Richard Harding Davis


Words linked to "Bubonic plague" :   Black Death, pestis, glandular plague, pestis ambulans, ambulatory plague, Black Plague, plague, pest, pestilence, ambulant plague


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