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    pestis

    pestis - Dictionary definition and meaning for word pestis

    Definition
    (noun) 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
    Synonyms : pest , pestilence , plague
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