septicemic plague
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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 (noun.state)
hypernym | : | pest, pestilence, pestis, plague, |
definition | : | a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal (noun.state) |
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