Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun bubonic_plague

1 sense of bubonic plague

Sense 1
bubonic plague, pestis bubonica, glandular 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)
       => plague, pestilence, pest, pestis -- (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)