epidemic disease any infectious disease that develops and spreads rapidly to many people
plague -
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
epidemic disease any infectious disease that develops and spreads rapidly to many people
bubonic plague,
glandular plague,
pestis bubonica 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
plague pneumonia,
pneumonic plague,
pulmonic plague 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
plague -
any large scale calamity (especially when thought to be sent by God)
Plague -
a swarm of insects that attack plants; "a plague of grasshoppers"
swarm,
cloud a group of many things in the air or on the ground; "a swarm of insects obscured the light"; "clouds of blossoms"; "it discharged a cloud of spores"
