Meanings
nounbubonic plague (countable and uncountable, plural bubonic plagues)
plural bubonic plagues
- countableuncountablemedicineA 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.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe 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
Similar
pestis bubonicaglandular plague
Broader
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Afrikaans builepes, pasteurellose
- builepesdisease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis
- pasteurellosedisease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis
Basque izurri pneumoniko
- izurri pneumonikodisease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis
Bengali বিউবনিক প্লেগ
- বিউবনিক প্লেগ (biubonik pleg)disease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis
Brazilian Portuguese peste bubônica
- peste bubônicadisease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis
Chinese Mandarin 腺鼠疫
- 腺鼠疫 (xiànshǔyì)disease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis
Czech bubonický mor
- bubonický mordisease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis
Danish byldepest
- byldepestdisease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis
Dutch builenpest
- builenpestdisease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis
Esperanto bubona pesto
- bubona pestodisease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis
European Portuguese peste bubónica
- peste bubónicadisease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis
Finnish paiserutto
- paiseruttodisease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis
French peste bubonique
- peste buboniquedisease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis
German Beulenpest
- Beulenpestdisease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis
Greek βουβωνική πανώλη
- βουβωνική πανώλη (vouvonikí panóli)disease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis
Hawaiian piwa ʻeleʻele
- piwa ʻeleʻeledisease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis
Icelandic kýlapest
- kýlapestdisease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis
Indonesian pes bubo
- pes bubodisease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis
Irish plá bhúbónach
- plá bhúbónachdisease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis
Japanese 腺ペスト
- 腺ペスト (sen pesuto)disease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis
Latin pestis bubonica
- pestis bubonicadisease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis
Lithuanian buboninis maras
- buboninis marasdisease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis
Māori mate pūponiki
- mate pūponikidisease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis
Norwegian Bokmål byllepest
- byllepestdisease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis
Persian طاعُونِ خیارَکِی
- طاعُونِ خیارَکِیdisease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis
Polish dżuma dymienicza
- dżuma dymieniczadisease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis
Romanian pestă bubonică
- pestă bubonicădisease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis
Russian бубо́нная чума́
- бубо́нная чума́ (bubónnaja čumá)disease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis
Spanish peste bubónica
- peste bubónicadisease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis
Swahili tauni
- taunidisease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis
Swedish böldpest
- böldpestdisease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis
Turkish hıyarcıklı veba
- hıyarcıklı vebadisease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis
Ukrainian бубо́нна чума́
- бубо́нна чума́ (bubónna čumá)disease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis
Cite this entry
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Chicago
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