| yersinia pestis | (n) a bacillus bacterium that causes the plague; aerosolized bacteria can be used as a bioweapon |
| ambulant plague | (n) a mild form of bubonic plague, Syn. pestis ambulans, ambulatory plague |
| bubonic plague | (n) 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, Syn. glandular plague, pestis bubonica |
| plague | (n) 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, Syn. pest, pestis, pestilence |
| 鼠疫杆菌 | [鼠 疫 杆 菌 / 鼠 疫 桿 菌] Yersinia pestis; the bubonic plage bacillus [Add to Longdo] |
| ペスト菌 | [ペストきん, pesuto kin] (n) plague bacillus (Yersinia pestis, formerly pasteurella pestis) [Add to Longdo] |