English noun: pestis | |||
1. | pestis (state) 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 | ||
Synonyms | pest, pestilence, plague | ||
Broader (hypernym) | epidemic disease | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | bubonic plague, glandular plague, pestis bubonica, plague pneumonia, pneumonic plague, pulmonic plague, septicemic plague | ||