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pneumonic plague

 
Sci-Tech Dictionary: pneumonic plague
(nu̇′män·ik ′plāg)

(medicine) A virulent type of plague in humans, with lung involvement.


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Medical Dictionary: pneumonic plague
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A frequently fatal form of bubonic plague in which the lungs are infected and the disease is transmissible by coughing.

Bioterrorism Dictionary: The Plague
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The pneumonic plague (more likely to be used by terrorists than bubonic) results in fever, shortness of breath, coughing with bloody sputum. It can lead to septic shock and death. This disease is usually carried by rodents and fleas, but can be aerosolized and sprayed from crop dusters.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: characterized by lung involvement


 
 

 

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