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Meanings of pestis bubonica in English

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pesta bubònica

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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        Examples for "bubonic plague"
        Examples for "bubonic plague"
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        So some people got free furniture, and some people got bubonic plague.
        Cat’s Cradle
        2
        But what mesmerised me was not the sex, but the bubonic plague.
        The Guardian
        3
        Consumption, aka tuberculosis, didn't kill quickly, as did cholera or bubonic plague.
        Vampire forensics: uncovering the origins of an enduring legend
        4
        They have about as much political appeal as the bubonic plague.
        News.com.au
        5
        It carried fever-patients for the hospital at Genoa, ill of the bubonic plague.
        The Admirable Tinker / Child of the World
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