pestis

Noun

Meaning

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

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

plague pestilence pest disease bubonic brat canker infestation rinderpest blighter

Hypernyms

epidemic disease

Hyponyms

bubonic plague pneumonic plague septicemic plague glandular plague pestis bubonica plague pneumonia

Anagrams

stipes

Examples

A child bitten by a flea infected with the Yersinia pestis bacterium. Source: Internet

An anti-F1 serology test can differentiate between different species of Yersinia, and Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) can be used to identify Y. pestis. Source: Internet

In the urban and sylvatic (forest) cycles of Y. pestis, most of the spreading occurs between rodents and fleas. Source: Internet

; Bubonic plague : citation Plague is a disease caused by the Yersinia pestis bacterium. Source: Internet

Class IV AC-IV was first reported in the bacterium Aeromonas hydrophila, and the structure of the AC-IV from Yersinia pestis has been reported. Source: Internet

DNA taken from 25 skeletons from the 14th century found in London have shown the plague is a strain of Y. pestis that is almost identical to that which hit Madagascar in 2013. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

pestilently pestilentness pesting pestis ambulans pestis bubonica pestiviral