pneumonic plague

1. 1.

   a rapidly progressive and frequently fatal form of the plague that can spread through the air from person to person; characterized by lung involvement with chill, bloody expectoration and high fever

   Synonymspulmonic plagueplague pneumonia

   Broaderplague

Questions about pneumonic plague

What does pneumonic plague mean?

pneumonic plague means "a rapidly progressive and frequently fatal form of the plague that can spread through the air from person to person; characterized by lung involvement with chill, bloody expectoration and high fever".

What is another word for pneumonic plague?

Close synonyms include pulmonic plague, plague pneumonia. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.