Definition of pneumonic plague Pneumonic plague
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What does pneumonic plague mean?
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| pneumonic plague - 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 | ||
| pulmonic plague, plague pneumonia | ||
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pneumonic plague
The least common form of the plague which occurs when Yersinia pestis is inhaled or as a secondary infection when septicemic plague spreads into lung tissue from the bloodstream.
