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pestilence

[pes´tĭ-lens]

a virulent contagious epidemic or infectious epidemic disease. adj., adj pestilen´tial.

pes·ti·lence

(pes'ti-lens),

1. Synonym(s): plague (2)

2. A virulent outbreak of any disease.

[L. pestilentia]

pestilence

/pes·ti·lence/ (pes´tĭ-lins) a virulent contagious epidemic or infectious epidemic disease.pestilen´tial

pestilence

(pĕs′tə-ləns)

A usually fatal epidemic disease, especially bubonic plague.

pestilence

[pes′tiləns]

Etymology: L, pestilentia, infectious disease

any epidemic of a virulent infectious or contagious disease.

pestilence

noun An obsolete, non-specific term for an epidemic with high mortality.

adjective Malodorous.

pes·ti·lence

(pes'ti-lĕns)

1. Synonym(s): plague (2) .

2. A virulent outbreak of any disease.

[L. pestilentia]

pestilence (pes·t·lens),

n any epidemic of a disease that is virulent and devastating.

Pessaries.

pestilence

a virulent contagious epidemic or infectious epidemic disease.

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There in 1377, and later when pestilences were abroad, incoming persons and ships were first isolated on a nearby island for 30 days (trentina) to await clinical signs of a contagion or evidence of continued good health.

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