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pestilence
[pes´tĭ-lens]a virulent contagious epidemic or infectious epidemic disease. adj., adj pestilen´tial.
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pes·ti·lence
(pes'ti-lens),1. Synonym(s): plague (2)
2. A virulent outbreak of any disease.
[L. pestilentia]
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pestilence
(pĕs′tə-ləns)n.
A usually fatal epidemic disease, especially bubonic plague.
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pestilence
noun An obsolete, non-specific term for an epidemic with high mortality.adjective Malodorous.
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pes·ti·lence
(pes'ti-lĕns)1. Synonym(s): plague (2) .
2. A virulent outbreak of any disease.
[L. pestilentia]
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