plague (n)
pestilence#1 (n)
pest#1 (n)
pestis#1 (n)

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type n
lex_filenum 26
def 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
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Hypernym epidemic disease
Derivationally related form plague → plague
Hyponym bubonic plague, pestis bubonica, glandular plague; pneumonic plague, pulmonic plague, plague pneumonia; septicemic plague
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Hyponym epidemic disease
Hypernym bubonic plague, pestis bubonica, glandular plague; pneumonic plague, pulmonic plague, plague pneumonia; septicemic plague
Derivationally related form plague → plague

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