pneumonic plague

Noun

Meaning

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 fever

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

black death bubonic pestilence pneumonic bubonic plague plague pneumonia pulmonic plague

Antonyms

health treatment advantage benefit medicine cure
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Hypernyms

plague pestilence pest pestis

Examples

Aerosolized pneumonic plague remains the most significant threat. Source: Internet

The symptoms of plague depend on the concentrated areas of infection in each person: bubonic plague in lymph nodes, septicemic plague in blood vessels, pneumonic plague in lungs. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

pneumonic fever pneumonic illness pneumonic pasteurellosis pneumonic tuberculosis pneumonick pneumonitic