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1. plague
   [n] - a serious (sometimes fatal) infection transmitted by the bite of an infected rat flea (especially bubonic plague) 2. [n] - any epidemic disease with a high death rate 3. [n] - any large scale calamity (especially when thought to be sent by God) 4. [n] - (informal) an annoyance
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2. plague
   Term applied to any epidemic disease with a high mortality rate, but it usually refers to bubonic plague. This is a disease transmitted by fleas (carried by the black rat), which infect the sufferer...
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3. Plague
   a serious infectious disease transmitted to humans through bites of rodent fleas
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4. Plague
   Any infectious disease with a high mortality rate, although will often mean bubonic plague
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5. Plague
   Plague: The plague is an infectious disease due to a bacteria called Yersinia pestis. Y. pestis mainly infects rats and other rodents. Rodents are the prime reservoir for the bacteria. Fleas function as the prime vectors carrying the bacteria from one species to another. The fleas bite the rodents i...
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6. Plague
   Plague noun [ Latin plaga a blow, stroke, plague; akin to Greek ..., from ... to strike; confer Latin plangere to strike, beat. Confer Plaint .] 1. That which smites, wounds, or troubles; a blow; a calamity; any afflictive ev...
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7. Plague
   Plague transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Plagued ; present participle & verbal noun Plaguing .] 1. To infest or afflict with disease, calamity, or natural evil of any ki...
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8. plague
   1. To infest or afflict with disease, calamity, or natural evil of any kind. 'Thus were they plagued And worn with famine.' (Milton) ... 2. To vex; to tease; to harass. 'She will plague the man that loves her most.' (Spenser) ... Synonym: To vex, torment, distress, afflict, harass, annoy, tease, tan...
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9. plague
   noun an annoyance; `those children are a damn plague`
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10. plague
    noun any large scale calamity (especially when thought to be sent by God)
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11. plague
    noun 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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12. plague
    pest noun any epidemic disease with a high death rate
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13. plague
    (plāg) an acute febrile, infectious, highly fatal disease caused by the bacillus Yersinia pestis. It is primarily a disease of rats and other rodents and is usually spread to human beings by fleas. The most common form is bubonic plague, and a second type is pneumonic plague. It is a devastating disease; three epidemics ...
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14. Plague
    • (n.) That which smites, wounds, or troubles; a blow; a calamity; any afflictive evil or torment; a great trail or vexation. • (v. t.) Fig.: To vex; to tease; to harass. • (v. t.) To infest or afflict with disease, calamity, or natural evil of any kind. • (n.) An acute malignant...
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15. plague
    infectious fever caused by the bacillus Yersinia pestis, a bacterium transmitted from rodents to humans by the bite of infected fleas. Plague was the ... [13 related articles]
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16. plague
    plague, plagued, plaguing 1. Any contagious, malignant, epidemic disease that causes high mortality; a pestilence. 2. An acute disease of rodents due to a bacterium, Yersinia pestis, transmitted to humans through the bite of infected fleas, or by inhalation. 3. The human disease is usually divided...
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17. plague
    Type: Term Pronunciation: plāg Definitions: 1. Any disease of wide prevalence or of excessive mortality. 2. An acute infectious disease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis and marked clinically by high fever, toxemia, prostration, a petechial eruption, lymph node enlargement, pneumonia, or ...
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18. plague
    
    • any epidemic disease with a high death rate
    • any large scale calamity (especially when thought to be sent by God)
    • (informal) an annoyance
    
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19. plague
    plague, any contagious, malignant, epidemic disease, in particular the bubonic plague and the black plague (or Black Death), both forms of the same infection. These acute febrile diseases are caused by Yersinia pestis (Pasteurella pestis), discovered independently by Shibasaburo Kitasato and Alexand...
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20. plague
    Term applied to any epidemic disease with a high mortality rate, but it usually refers to bubonic plague. This is a disease transmitted by fleas (carried by the black rat), which infect the sufferer with the bacillus Yersinia pestis. An early symptom is swelling of lymph nodes, usu...
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21. Plague
    Bubonic plague has had a major impact on the history of the world. Caused by the bacterium, Yersinia pestis, and transmitted by fleas often found on rats, bubonic plague has killed over 50 million people over the centuries. Burrowing rodent populations across the world keep the disease present in th...
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22. Plague
    (disease) Depending on lung infection, or sanitary conditions, plague also can be spread in the air, by direct contact, or by contaminated undercooked food or materials. The symptoms of plague depend on the concentrated areas of infection in each person: such as bubonic plague in lymph nodes,...
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23. Plague
    (comics) image = --> `Plague` was a fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe. She was originally a member of the Morlocks before joining the Horsemen of Apocalypse. Publication history: Plague first appeared in Uncanny X-Men #169-170 (May-June 1983), and was created by Chris C...
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