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 | ||