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The most famous symptom of Bubonic Plague is painful, swollen lymph glands, called buboes. These are commonly found in the armpits, groin or neck

Large black boils would erupt all over the persons body.

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Because of the dark patches on the skin caused by subcutaneous bleeding. This gave the look of the sufferer being blackened across many parts of the body.

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The victims fingers, noses and toes wither and turn black from gangrene.

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What is the real common name for plague?

The common name for bubonic plague is the Black Death.


What was the real name for the black death?

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What Was another name for bubonic plague?

Another name for the plague is the black death


What is the original name for black death?

The black death is also known as 'The Black Plague' but the scientific name for it is the bubonic plague.


What was the black death in 1349 original name?

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What is the scientific name for Black Death?

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In what other name is the bubonic plague disease known as?

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Name the plague that ravaged and killed a third of Europe's population in the 14th century?

The Bubonic Plague. However, this wasn't the most devastating to Europeans in the 14th century. The Bubonic Plague spawned a new disease, the Black Death, which was the true killer.


Does the black death affect only Africans?

Not at all. In fact, it wiped out most of medieval Europe. The Black Death is another name for the Bubonic Plague.


What was the name of the plague that hit Europe in the 14th century?

The Bubonic Plague, which gave birth to the Black Death.


What were the plagues during Black Death?

That was a plague epidemic, which has two main forms: bubonic plague (you get a srt of boils filled with a cangrenous liquid which is black, hence the name) and a pneumonic form (which involves the respiratory tract). The Black Death was of course a bubonic plague epidemic.


What was the name of the plague that killed many people in the 14 century?

Well really there were three- the most common being the bubonic plague.