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bubonic plague: 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

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pesthole collapse: a breeding ground for epidemic disease

pestilence collapse: a pernicious and malign influence that is hard to get rid of; "racism is a pestilence at the heart of the nation"; "according to him, I was the canker in their midst"

pandemic collapse: an epidemic that is geographically widespread; occurring throughout a region or even throughout the world; existing everywhere; "pandemic fear of nuclear war"; epidemic over a wide geographical area; "a pandemic outbreak of malaria"

epidemic collapse: a widespread outbreak of an infectious disease; many people are infected at the same time; (especially of medicine) of disease or anything resembling a disease; attacking or affecting many individuals in a community or a population simultaneously; "an epidemic outbreak of influenza"

pest collapse: any unwanted and destructive insect or other animal that attacks food or crops or livestock etc.; "he sprayed the garden to get rid of pests"; "many pests have developed resistance to the common pesticides"; a persistently annoying person

scourge collapse: a whip used to inflict punishment (often used for pedantic humor); punish severely; excoriate

plague collapse: an annoyance; "those children are a damn plague"; any large scale calamity (especially when thought to be sent by God); any epidemic disease with a high death rate; 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

black death collapse: the epidemic form of bubonic plague experienced during the Middle Ages when it killed nearly half the people of western Europe

tuberculosis collapse: infection transmitted by inhalation or ingestion of tubercle bacilli and manifested in fever and small lesions (usually in the lungs but in various other parts of the body in acute stages)

rabies collapse: an acute viral disease of the nervous system of warm-blooded animals (usually transmitted by the bite of a rabid animal); rabies is fatal if the virus reaches the brain

hydrophobia collapse: a morbid fear of water; a symptom of rabies in humans consisting of an aversion to swallowing liquids

infest collapse: invade in great numbers; "the roaches infested our kitchen"; live on or in a host, as of parasites

cholera collapse: an acute intestinal infection caused by ingestion of contaminated water or food

smallpox collapse: a highly contagious viral disease characterized by fever and weakness and skin eruption with pustules that form scabs that slough off leaving scars

yellow fever collapse

scarlet fever collapse: an acute communicable disease (usually in children) characterized by fever and a red rash

spotted fever collapse: any of several severe febrile diseases characterized by skin rashes or spots on the skin

rubella collapse

rheumatic fever collapse: a severe disease chiefly of children and characterized by painful inflammation of the joints and frequently damage to the heart valves

diphtheria collapse: acute contagious infection caused by the bacterium Corynebacterium diphtheriae; marked by the formation of a false membrane in the throat and other air passages causing difficulty in breathing

measles collapse: an acute and highly contagious viral disease marked by distinct red spots followed by a rash; occurs primarily in children

German measles collapse: a contagious viral disease that is a milder form of measles lasting three or four days; can be damaging to a fetus during the first trimester

malarial fever collapse

hookworm collapse: parasitic bloodsucking roundworms having hooked mouth parts to fasten to the intestinal wall of human and other hosts; infestation of the intestines by hookworms which enter the body (usually) through the skin

strep throat collapse

typhus collapse: rickettsial disease transmitted by body lice and characterized by skin rash and high fever

yaws collapse: an infectious tropical disease resembling syphilis in its early stages; marked by red skin eruptions and ulcerating lesions

typhoid fever collapse

trench mouth collapse

anthrax collapse: a disease of humans that is not communicable; caused by infection with Bacillus anthracis followed by septicemia; a highly infectious animal disease (especially cattle and sheep); it can be transmitted to people

hovel collapse: small crude shelter used as a dwelling

rookery collapse: a breeding ground for gregarious birds (such as rooks)

infantile paralysis collapse

polio collapse

mumps collapse: an acute contagious viral disease characterized by fever and by swelling of the parotid glands

thrush collapse: songbirds characteristically having brownish upper plumage with a spotted breast; a woman who sings popular songs; candidiasis of the oral cavity; seen mostly in infants or debilitated adults

sleeping sickness collapse: an encephalitis that was epidemic between 1915 and 1926; symptoms include paralysis of the extrinsic eye muscle and extreme muscular weakness

overrunning collapse

malaria collapse: an infective disease caused by sporozoan parasites that are transmitted through the bite of an infected Anopheles mosquito; marked by paroxysms of chills and fever

leprosy collapse: chronic granulomatous communicable disease occurring in tropical and subtropical regions; characterized by inflamed nodules beneath the skin and wasting of body parts; caused by the bacillus Mycobacterium leprae

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