| slovo | definícia |
pestis
(wn) | pestis
n 1: 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 [syn:
plague, pestilence, pest, pestis] |
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Pasteurella pestis
(gcide) | Bubonic plague \Bubonic plague\ (Med.)
a severe and often fatal disease caused by infection with the
bacterium Yersinia pestis (formerly Pasteurella pestis),
transmitted to man by the bite of fleas, themselves usually
infected by biting infected rodents. It is characterized by
the formation of buboes, most notably on the groin and
armpits, and accompanied by weakness and high fever. The
disease was known as the black death, and was responsible
for several devastating plagues throughout the middle ages.
When lungs became infected, the disease was called the
pneumonic plague. It is still found occasionally in poor
areas of undeveloped countries but is rare in developed
countries.
[PJC] |
Yersinia pestis
(gcide) | Bubonic plague \Bubonic plague\ (Med.)
a severe and often fatal disease caused by infection with the
bacterium Yersinia pestis (formerly Pasteurella pestis),
transmitted to man by the bite of fleas, themselves usually
infected by biting infected rodents. It is characterized by
the formation of buboes, most notably on the groin and
armpits, and accompanied by weakness and high fever. The
disease was known as the black death, and was responsible
for several devastating plagues throughout the middle ages.
When lungs became infected, the disease was called the
pneumonic plague. It is still found occasionally in poor
areas of undeveloped countries but is rare in developed
countries.
[PJC] |
pestis ambulans
(wn) | pestis ambulans
n 1: a mild form of bubonic plague [syn: ambulant plague,
ambulatory plague, pestis ambulans] |
pestis bubonica
(wn) | pestis bubonica
n 1: the most common form of the plague in humans; characterized
by chills, prostration, delirium and the formation of
buboes in the armpits and groin; does not spread from
person to person [syn: bubonic plague, pestis bubonica,
glandular plague] |
yersinia pestis
(wn) | Yersinia pestis
n 1: a bacillus bacterium that causes the plague; aerosolized
bacteria can be used as a bioweapon |
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