pestis
B1
Hungarian
pest, pestilence, plague
NOUN
B2
LITERARY
1
pest
C1
Usage pattern:
pestisben meghal; a pestis végigsöpör valamin
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Meaning
old term for plague disease
Themes
disease
|epidemic
|history
|literature
|death
|health
Definition
An old or literary term for a deadly epidemic disease, especially the bubonic plague.
NOUN
B1
ARCHAIC
1
pestilence
C2
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Meaning
the bubonic plague (historic)
Themes
disease
|history
|plague
|medieval_europe
|archaic
|health
|time
Definition
An old term used especially in historical texts to refer specifically to the bubonic plague, particularly the outbreaks in medieval and early modern Europe.
NOUN
B2
TECHNICAL
2
plague
C1
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Meaning
the specific disease “the plague”
Themes
disease
|infectious_disease
|medicine
|bacteria
|history
|health
|science
Definition
The specific infectious disease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis, usually spread by fleas on rodents and historically known for causing the Black Death.
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