Plague Spot (Noun)
Meaning
A spot on the skin characteristic of the plague.
Classification
Nouns denoting body parts.
Examples
- The physician's eyes widened as she saw the characteristic plague spot on the patient's swollen lymph node.
- During the Black Death, doctors were often powerless against the disease once a plague spot appeared on a victim's skin.
- A dark plague spot formed on the skin of the infected sailor, who soon became violently ill.
- As the bubonic plague took hold, the afflicted townspeople developed painful plague spots on their groins and armpits.
- A team of medical researchers studying the ancient disease noted the appearance of plague spots on the mummified bodies they examined.