Pestis Ambulans (Noun)
Meaning
A mild form of bubonic plague.
Classification
Nouns denoting natural processes.
Examples
- Pestis ambulans, a mild form of bubonic plague, allowed some infected people to recover on their own without any treatment.
- Symptoms of pestis ambulans, including swollen lymph nodes and fever, could last for several weeks but often subsided with time.
- Unlike its more severe counterpart, pestis ambulans typically did not result in widespread mortality and allowed victims to remain ambulatory.
- Physicians believed that pestis ambulans was less virulent due to differences in the bubonic plague bacteria, although this theory was later disputed.
- Survivors of pestis ambulans sometimes experienced lingering fatigue and muscle pain but were often able to resume normal activities after a few months.