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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.
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
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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