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Definition of Pestilence

1. Noun. 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.

2. Noun. Any epidemic disease with a high death rate.

3. Noun. A pernicious and malign influence that is hard to get rid of. "According to him, I was the canker in their midst"

Definition of Pestilence

1. n. Specifically, the disease known as the plague; hence, any contagious or infectious epidemic disease that is virulent and devastating.

Definition of Pestilence

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Medical Definition of Pestilence

1. 1. Specifically, the disease known as the plague; hence, any contagious or infectious epidemic disease that is virulent and devastating. "The pestilence That walketh in darkness." (Ps. Xci. 6) 2. That which is pestilent, noxious, or pernicious to the moral character of great numbers. "I'll pour this pestilence into his ear. " (Shak) Pestilence weed, the butterbur coltsfoot (Petasites vulgaris), so called because formerly considered a remedy for the plague. Origin: F. Pestilence, L. Pestilentia. See Pestilent. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pestilence

pesticaemia pesticide pesticide pesticides pesticides pesticide poisoning pesticide residues pesticide synergists pestier pestiest

pestiferous pestiferous pestiferously pestiferousness pestilence (current term) pestilence (current term) pestilences pestilent pestilential pestilential

pestilentially pestilently pestis pestis ambulans pestis bubonica pestis fulminans pestis major pestis minor pestis siderans pestivirus

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