septicemic plague

1. 1.

   an especially dangerous and generally fatal form of the plague in which infecting organisms invade the bloodstream; does not spread from person to person

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Questions about septicemic plague

What does septicemic plague mean?

septicemic plague means "an especially dangerous and generally fatal form of the plague in which infecting organisms invade the bloodstream; does not spread from person to person".

Is septicemic plague a common word?

septicemic plague is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.