Definition of Black plague

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

Exact synonyms: Black Death
Generic synonyms: Bubonic Plague, Glandular Plague, Pestis Bubonica

Definition of Black plague

1. Proper noun. Alternative name for the Black Death. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Black plague

1. In 14th-century Europe, the victims of the black plague had bleeding below the skin (subcutaneous haemorrhage) which made darkened ( blackened ) their bodies. Black plague can lead to black death characterised by gangrene of the fingers, toes, and nose. Black plague is caused by a bacterium (Yersinia pestis) which is transmitted to humans from infected rats by the oriental rat flea. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Black Plague

black nightshade
black oak
black olive
black olives
black op
black opal
black operation
black operations
black ops
black out
black pea
black pepper
black phosphorus
black piedra
black pine
black plague (current term)
black poplar
black powder
black propaganda
black pudding
black puddings
black racer
black rain
black raspberry
black rat
black rat snake
black rats
black redstart
black redstarts
black rhinoceros

Literary usage of Black plague

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Arena by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1905)
"MUNICIPAL black plague. BY RUDOLPH BLANKENBURG. CHAPTER I. IT IN THE MIDST OF DARKNESS. VAS AD 1902, the 126th year the Declaration of Independence he ..."

2. Race Decadence; an Examination of the Causes of Racial Degeneracy in the by William Samuel Sadler (1922)
"They are the unmentionable diseases of social transgression — gonorrhea and syphilis — and they constitute the Great black plague. These two diseases have ..."

3. History of Latin Christianity: Including that of the Popes to the by Henry Hart Milman (1881)
"THE terrible black plague had startled the voluptuous court of Avignon to seriousness. The last act of Clement VI. was one of papal wisdom and of earnest ..."

4. The Arena by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1905)
"MUNICIPAL black plague. BY RUDOLPH BLANKENBURG. CHAPTER I. IT IN THE MIDST OF DARKNESS. VAS AD 1902, the 126th year the Declaration of Independence he ..."

5. Race Decadence; an Examination of the Causes of Racial Degeneracy in the by William Samuel Sadler (1922)
"They are the unmentionable diseases of social transgression — gonorrhea and syphilis — and they constitute the Great black plague. These two diseases have ..."

6. History of Latin Christianity: Including that of the Popes to the by Henry Hart Milman (1881)
"THE terrible black plague had startled the voluptuous court of Avignon to seriousness. The last act of Clement VI. was one of papal wisdom and of earnest ..."

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