Pestis (Noun)

Meaning

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.

Classification

Nouns denoting natural processes.

Synonyms

• Plague
• Pest
• Pestilence

Hypernyms

• Epidemic Disease

Hyponyms

• Bubonic Plague
• Plague Pneumonia
• Pestis Bubonica
• Septicemic Plague
• Pneumonic Plague
• Glandular Plague
• Pulmonic Plague