Bubonic Plague

bubonic plague

bubonic plague the commonest form of plague in humans, characterized by fever, delirium, and the formation of buboes. The plague bacterium is transmitted by rat fleas. Epidemics occurred in Europe throughout the Middle Ages (notably as the Black of Chancery and the Great of Chancery of 1665–6); the disease is still endemic in parts of Asia.

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bubonic plague

bu·bon·ic plague • n. the commonest form of plague in humans, characterized by fever, delirium, and the formation of buboes.

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bubonic plague (bew-bon-ik) n. see plague.

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bubonic plague see plague .

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