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11bubonic plague — noun A contagious, often fatal, epidemic disease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis, transmitted by the bite of fleas from an infected person or rodent, especially a rat, and characterized by delirium, chills, fever, vomiting, diarrhea, and …
12Anthony — masc. proper name, from L. Antonius, name of a Roman gens (with excrescent h probably suggested by many Greek loan words beginning anth , e.g. anthros flower, anthropos man ); St. Anthony (4c.), Egyptian hermit, patron saint of swineherds, to… …
13pestilence — noun archaic a fatal epidemic disease, especially bubonic plague. Origin ME: from OFr., from L. pestilentia, based on pestis a plague …
14pest — n. 1. Plague, pestilence, infection, fatal epidemic, infectious disease. 2. Bane, scourge, curse, infliction, nuisance, great annoyance, plague …
15pestilence — n. 1. Plague, pest. 2. Plague, pest, infectious disease, contagious disease, fatal epidemic …
16pestilence — ► NOUN archaic ▪ a fatal epidemic disease, especially bubonic plague. ORIGIN Latin pestilentia, from pestis a plague …
17pest — [pest] n. [Fr peste < L pestis, plague] 1. a person or thing that causes trouble, annoyance, discomfort, etc.; nuisance; specif., any destructive or troublesome insect, small animal, weed, etc. 2. Now Rare a fatal epidemic disease; esp.,… …
18pestilence — n. a fatal epidemic disease, esp. bubonic plague. Etymology: ME f. OF f. L pestilentia (as PESTILENT) …
19Health and Disease — ▪ 2009 Introduction Food and Drug Safety. In 2008 the contamination of infant formula and related dairy products with melamine in China led to widespread health problems in children, including urinary problems and possible renal tube… …
20Virus — A microorganism smaller than a bacteria, which cannot grow or reproduce apart from a living cell. A virus invades living cells and uses their chemical machinery to keep itself alive and to replicate itself. It may reproduce with fidelity or with… …
