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pneumonic plague
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | pneumonic plague - 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 feverplague pneumonia, pulmonic plaguepest, pestilence, pestis, plague - 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 |
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pneumonic plague
pneumonic plague[nu̇′män·ik ′plāg] (medicine) A virulent type of plague in humans, with lung involvement. pneumonic plague
pneu·mon·ic plaguea rapidly progressive and frequently fatal form of plague in which there are areas of pulmonary consolidation, with chills, pain in the side, bloody expectoration, high fever, and possible human-to-human transmission. Synonym(s): plague pneumonia, pulmonic plaguepneu·mon·ic plague (nū-mon'ik plāg) A rapidly progressive and frequently fatal form of plague in which there are areas of pulmonary consolidation, with chills, pain in the side, bloody expectoration, and high fever.
See also: Yersinia pestispneumonic plague A severe and often fatal complication of bubonic PLAGUE in which the infection spreads to the lungs. Unlike bubonic plague, pneumonic plague can spread directly from case to case.pneumonic plague see BLACK DEATH.pneumonic plague
Related to pneumonic plague: bubonic plagueSynonyms for pneumonic plaguenoun a rapidly progressive and frequently fatal form of the plague that can spread through the air from person to personSynonyms- plague pneumonia
- pulmonic plague
Related Words- pest
- pestilence
- pestis
- plague
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