glandular plague
Noun: A severe infectious disease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis, historically known as the Black Death. It is the most common form of plague in humans and is characterized by sudden fever, chills, weakness, delirium, and the painful swelling of lymph nodes (called buboes), typically in the armpits and groin. Unlike pneumonic plague, glandular plague is not typically transmitted directly from person to person but is usually spread through the bite of an infected flea.
glandular plague is used as a medical and historical term. It is often synonymous with bubonic plague, though "bubonic" more specifically refers to the presence of buboes. - The outbreak was identified as glandular plague after patients presented with characteristic buboes. - Historians estimate that glandular plague wiped out a significant portion of Europe's population in the 14th century.
- In a historical context: The term is used to describe past pandemics.
- The Great Plague of London was primarily glandular plague.
- In epidemiological distinction: Used to differentiate from other plague forms (septicemic, pneumonic).
- While glandular plague is transmitted by fleas, pneumonic plague can spread through respiratory droplets.
- Bubonic plague: The most common synonym for glandular plague.
- Pestis bubonica: A Latin-derived technical term.
- Plague: The broader disease category caused by .
- Bubonic plague
- The Black Death (historical context)
- Pestilence (archaic/literary for plague)
- To contract glandular plague: To become infected with the disease.
- Without modern antibiotics, those who contracted glandular plague had a high mortality rate.
- An outbreak of glandular plague: A sudden occurrence of the disease.
- Health officials moved quickly to contain the outbreak of glandular plague.
- the most common form of the plague in humans; characterized by chills, prostration, delirium and the formation of buboes in the armpits and groin; does not spread from person to person