Definition of bubonic plague Bubonic plague
bu•bon•ic plague
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What does bubonic plague mean?
WordNet
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| bubonic plague - the most common form of the plague in humans; characterized by chills, prostration, delirium and the formation of buboes in the armpits and groin; does not spread from person to person | ||
| pestis bubonica, glandular plague | ||
| pestis, pestilence, pest, plague a pernicious and malign influence that is hard to get rid of; "racism is a pestilence at the heart of the nation"; "according to him, I was the canker in their midst" | ||
| ambulant plague, ambulatory plague, pestis ambulans a mild form of bubonic plague | ||
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Wiktionary 
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bubonic plague
The best known manifestation of the plague which is caused by the bite of a flea infected with Yersinia pestis and leads to swollen and necrotic lymph nodes and finally death if untreated.
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The Bubonic plague is a very deadly disease. Some of the symptoms of this disease are coughing, fever, and black spots on the skin.
People think that the Black Death that killed millions of Europeans in the Middle Ages was bubonic plague, but they are not sure.
Different kinds of the same disease.
There are different kinds of Bubonic plague. The most common form of the disease is spread by a certain kind of flea, that lives on rats. Then there is an incubation period which can last from a few hours to about seven days.
Sepsis.
A Sepsis happens when the bacterium enters the bloodstream.
Pneumonic plague.
This happens when the bacterium can enter the lungs. About 95% of all people with this form will die. Incubation period is only one to two days.
The abortive form.
This is the most harmless form. It will result in a little fever. After that, there are antibodies that protect against all forms for a long time.
History.
During the 1300s, this epidemic struck parts of Asia, North Africa, and Europe. Almost a third of the people in Europe died of it. Unlike catastrophes that pull communities together, this epidemic was so terrifying that it broke people's trust in one another. Giovanni Boccaccio, an Italian writer of the time, described it: "This scourge had implanted so great a terror in the hearts of men and women that brothers abandoned brothers, uncles their nephews, sisters their brothers, and in many cases wives deserted their husbands. But even worse... fathers and mothers
