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Defenition of the word pneumonic plague

    • Defenition of the word pneumonic plague

      • The least common form of the plague which occurs when Yersinia pestis is inhaled or as a secondary infection when septicemic plague spreads into lung tissue from the bloodstream.
      • characterized by lung involvement
      • plague that can spread through the air from person to person; characterized by lung involvement
      • 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

    Hypernyms for the word pneumonic plague

      • pest
      • pestilence
      • pestis
      • plague

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