Definition of PESTIS

pestis

Meanings

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
  • Plague.

Synonyms

pest, pestilence, plague

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