bubonic plague
A contagious, often fatal, epidemic disease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis,…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.
» Plague doctors treated victims of the bubonic plague.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)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.
Beulenpest
бубо́нная чума́bubónnaja čumá
бубо́нна чума́bubónna čumá
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
Examples
5 sentencesPlague doctors treated victims of the bubonic plague.
The coronavirus is not as deadly as the bubonic plague.
The bubonic plague is a highly infectious and often fatal disease.
deDie Beulenpest ist eine hoch ansteckende und oft tödliche Krankheit. — Waldelfe
Hopefully the world will not be affected by bubonic plague again.
The United States faced a Bubonic plague epidemic at the beginning of the twentieth century.
deDie Vereinigten Staaten waren am Anfang des zwanzigsten Jahrhunderts mit einer Beulenpest-Epidemie konfrontiert. — BlundaInte
Translations
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Forms
plural: bubonic plagues| Singular | bubonic plague |
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Synonyms
2 synonyms- 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:pestis bubonicaglandular plague
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable