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  • plague — [[t]ple͟ɪg[/t]] plagues, plaguing, plagued 1) N COUNT: oft supp N A plague is a very infectious disease that spreads quickly and kills large numbers of people. A cholera plague had been killing many prisoners of war at the time. Syn: epidemic 2)… …   English dictionary

  • plague — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ bubonic ▪ great ▪ Nearly a third of the population died in the Great Plague. … OF PLAGUE ▪ outbreak ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

  • plague — plague1 [pleıg] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: plage, from Latin plaga hit, wound ] 1.) a disease that causes death and spreads quickly to a large number of people ▪ drops in population levels due to plagues and famines 2.) [U] also… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • plague — 1 noun 1 (C, U) an attack of a disease that causes death and spreads quickly to a large number of people: Europe suffered many plagues in the Middle Ages. 2 (U) also the plague a very infectious disease that produces high fever and swellings on… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • Plague (disease) — Plague is a deadly infectious disease caused by the enterobacteria Yersinia pestis (Pasteurella pestis) . Plague is a zoonotic, primarily carried by rodents (most notably rats) and spread to humans via fleas. Plague is notorious throughout… …   Wikipedia

  • Plague Angel — Album par Marduk Sortie novembre 2004 Enregistrement septembre 2004 au Endarker Studio Durée 44:56 Genre Black metal Producteur …   Wikipédia en Français

  • plague — plaguer, n. /playg/, n., v., plagued, plaguing. n. 1. an epidemic disease that causes high mortality; pestilence. 2. an infectious, epidemic disease caused by a bacterium, Yersinia pestis, characterized by fever, chills, and prostration,… …   Universalium

  • Plague — The plague is an infectious disease due to a bacteria called Yersinia pestis. Y. pestis mainly infects rats and other rodents. Rodents are the prime reservoir for the bacteria. Fleas function as the prime vectors carrying the bacteria from one… …   Medical dictionary

  • Plague of Athens — The Plague of Athens was a devastating epidemic which hit the city state of Athens in ancient Greece during the second year of the Peloponnesian War (430 BC), when an Athenian victory still seemed within reach. It is believed to have entered… …   Wikipedia

  • Plague, Great — The "Great Plague" that swept London in 1665 was probably not really the plague but rather typhus. The plague is a highly contagious, infectious, virulent, devastating disease due to a bacteria called Yersinia pestis which mainly… …   Medical dictionary

  • plague — I UK [pleɪɡ] / US noun Word forms plague : singular plague plural plagues 1) a) [countable] any serious disease that spreads quickly to a lot of people and usually ends in death a plague of cholera b) the plague a disease that spreads quickly,… …   English dictionary

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