glandular plague

Definitions of glandular plague

1. noun

   the most common form of the plague in humans; characterized by chills, prostration, delirium and the formation of buboes in the armpits and groin; does not spread from person to person
   synonyms: bubonic plague, pestis bubonica

   types:

   ambulant plague, ambulatory plague, pestis ambulans

   a mild form of bubonic plague

   Black Death, Black Plague

   the epidemic form of bubonic plague experienced during the Middle Ages when it killed nearly half the people of western Europe

   type of:

   pest, pestilence, pestis, plague

   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